The British hand-drawn animated film is adapted from the award-winning and best-selling picture book by Raymond Briggs based on the real life of his parents. It tells the story of Raymond Briggs' parents, an ordinary British couple, from their first meeting and falling in love in 1928 to their deaths in 1971. The days passed along with the male owner's hairline. Their life was ordinary but they stayed together for a lifetime with warmth and touching affection. It is also a British chronicle, interspersed with many historical events.