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2nd April 1980: An angry Ena Sharples left Coronation Street for her retreat, the home of her old friend Henry Foster at St. Anne's. This wasn't unusual - while still technically employed as caretaker at the Community Centre, any minor nuisance was usually enough to drive 80-year-old Ena away to her coastal sanctuary. On this occasion, she had returned from there expecting to move back into her flat, only to discover that while the frontage had been completely rebuilt, the decorators wouldn't even be starting inside until after Easter. Faced with the prospect of living with Albert Tatlock until then, Ena decided to return to St. Anne's, declaring to Albert and Ken Barlow: "I'm fast coming to the conclusion, Albert Tatlock, that the air up there is much more to my liking than it is round 'ere these days - an' you can take that any way you like! I don't suppose either of you thought of puttin' the kettle on, did yer?"
 * For more information see Episode 1983 (2nd April 1980).