Cliff Stone

Cliff Stone was a petty crook who saw an opportunity of robbing Ernest Bishop photographic studio once he realised that the only occupant at night was the old lady in the flat above - Ena Sharples.

He entered the studio at night and was disturbed by Ena. He then tailed her for a short time, but the sharp-eyed Ena quickly saw him watching her from the bar of the Rovers and made enquiries from some of the regular as to who he was. A few hours later that night, Elsie Tanner suddenly remembered him but by that time Stone was lifting the floorboards in the dark room of the studio. A fearless Ena confronted the nervous man and he told her that the £74 he was carrying were his savings that he’d deposited there some time before. She confiscated the money, saying he could have it in the morning if his story proved true however the next day Cyril Turpin arrested him for robbing a post office and Ena discovered that the studio’s petty cash was also missing.

List of appearances

 * Episode 897 (30th July 1969)
 * Episode 898 (4th August 1969)