Ena Sharples

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 * individual name = Ena Sharples
 * image =[[Image:Enasharples_main.JPG|250px]]
 * name=Kenneth Barlow
 * occupation=Caretaker, Mission of Glad Tidings (later retired)
 * date of birth=14th November 1899
 * residence=Mission of Glad Tidings (Vestry) (?-1968) 5 Coronation Street (1968) 12 Coronation Street (Maisonette) (1968-81)
 * siblings=Alice Sharples{br/>Tom Sharples
 * spouses=Alfred Sharples
 * children=Vera Sharples Madge Sharples Ian Sharples
 * first appearance= 9th December 1960
 * duration= 1960-1980
 * actor= Violet Carson

Ena Sharples (nee Schofield) was a resident of Coronation Street for many years. Ena held the position of caretaker at the Mission of Glad Tidings, and lived in the vestry. A fixture in the snug of the Rovers Return Inn along with Minnie Caldwell and Martha Longhurst, Ena disapproved of many of the actions of the street's inhabitants, and wasn't afraid to speak her mind.