"There was a club higher up and Wilfred Pickles and Violet Carson (who played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street) once came to do their show, Have A Go, from there. It was popular on the radio." ...

Sharp-tongued rivals Ena Sharples and Elsie Tanner are also featured alongside Hilda Ogden and husband Stan. The special edition 1st and 2nd class stamps will go on sale on 28 May. PA Media ...

and Dixon of Dock Green. Jed Stone was initially intended to be a bit dodgy, but during an argument with Ena Sharples, Cope thought the cameras had stopped rolling and said to Violet Carson ...

She played actress Violet Carson, who portrayed Ena Sharples in the long-running series. In BBC soap EastEnders, she played Linda Clarke, the mother of Jane Beale. She also appeared in Doctor Who ...

He was cast as Jed Stone, a thug, in a single April 1961 episode of the serial – pinned to a wall by Ena Sharples (Violet Carson), who gave him an ear-bashing. This reversal of roles was ...

She was the Street siren with an eye for the blokes and a knack for raising the hackles of the morally superior Ena Sharples. And right up to actress Pat Phoenix's last appearance in 1984 ...

I grew up with Ena Sharples, Stan and Hilda Ogden and Elsie Tanner. As did my family, my neighbourhood and the entire country." To look at a script where Edison Bailey is chatting away with Ken ...

Cope as Jed Stone in the Rovers Return in Coronation Street in 1966 with Annie Walker (Doris Speed), Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) and Hilda Ogden (Jean Alexander) ITV/Shutterstock He was cast as ...

Join Alexandra Mardell as she watches highlights of Fiona's time on the Street to figure out just how Steve could be Emma's dad! Welcome to Famous Friday! Our perfect excuse to look back at some ...

It also made household names out of characters such as Ken Barlow, Hilda Ogden, Gail Platt, Bet Lynch and Ena Sharples ...

The mothers of his characters were usually played by “Auntie Vi”, alias Violet Carson, later Ena Sharples of Coronation Street. Trueman, right, in the Scene At 6.30 studio with Michael ...