Navigation Street

Navigation Street is the sight of one of the 1960s tower blocks that replaced terraced houses in Weatherfield as in so many other places in Britain during that period. In May 1966, Ena Sharples was offered a flat on the 11th floor of the tower block after she refused to move back to the Mission of Glad Tidings following refurbishments and Ruth Winter's appointment as a social worker based there. Used to living at ground level, Ena said she would rather live in a bus shelter. A kindly Jerry Booth took her in as housekeeper at his and Len's Mawdsley Street home.