In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.

The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils.

Facing his parent's impending divorce and emotional upheaval, a young boy runs away and joins a gang of London street urchins who live by their wits, begging, and thievery.