📺 'Violet Carson Remembered' Wednesday 28 December 1983 Granada repeat Ep 742 of Coronation Street, from January 1968, in tribute to Violet Carson who had died on Boxing Day. In this clip we hear the thoughts as Ena Sharples as she looks around the vestry and thinks back over old times. #coronationstreet #VioletCarson | Bernie Briffa

📺 'Coronation Street' Monday 16 October 1961 -- ITV: 19:30 The boys and girls of Coronation Street along with members of the Over 60's Club get together for a coach trip to the Blackpool illuminations. Minnie visits fortune teller Gypsy Smith and a sceptical Ena decides to see for herself, only to be given some unsettling. N.B. In real-life, the 1961 Blackpool illuminations had been switched on by Violet Carson, watched by other members of the cast, on 08 September | Bernie Briffa

📺 'Coronation Street' Friday 09 December 1960 - ITV: 19:00 The first episode of Coronation Street is broadcast to the nation. TV Times synopsis: "Every front door hides a story. In this new twice weekly serial there are seven front doors and more than 20 interesting people. Come down Coronation-street on Wednesdays and Fridays and join the neighbours." "And no e-clairs". Violet Carson as Ena Sharples - her first scene here, as combative as ever, sets the tone. This was backstreet Shakespeare wi

📺 'BBC News' Monday 26 December 1983 - BBC1: 22:25 The death of Violet Carson, who played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street is announced. #VioletCarson | Bernie Briffa