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27th November 1961: One of the longest-lasting battle of wills ever fought out on Coronation Street must have been that between Leonard Swindley, the chairman of the Mission of Glad Tidings, and Ena Sharples, its caretaker. He was fussy and pedantic, she was dogmatic and dictatorial, while accusing him all the time of those very failings. On occasion, their battle resulted in eviction for Ena, such as in April 1961 when she was sacked for spreading false rumours and dumped herself on a horrified Martha Longhurst. In November of the same year, the teetotal Swindley warned her for persistently drinking in the Rovers causing her to walk out in anger. This time Minnie Caldwell was the lucky recipient of Ena being a houseguest, having no idea what was about to befall her until Ena appeared on her doorstep one evening and asked if her spare bed was aired. Minnie, knowing full well that he aged mother Amy Carlton loathed Ena, foresaw nothing but trouble ahead...
 * For more information see Episode 100 (27th November 1961).