Anthony Booth Tom, an elderly Liverpudlian gentleman who lives with his daughter-in-law and grandson. He has a love for the Old West and a soft spot for his grandson, Jack. He allows his grandson to believe that he is John Wayne, leading to a showdown where he intimida Nicola Stephenson Edith, Jack's mother. She supports her family during the difficult times after the war, in which (it is hinted) her husband died.