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14th April 1969: Ena Sharples was usually the most law-abiding of citizens but even she was moved by the spirit of the age and took to the streets in protest when Ray Langton revealed that the pensioners' clubhouse was being demolished. She formed an action committee with Albert Tatlock, Minnie Caldwell and Alice Pickins and this group of revolutionaries decided to picket the council offices. Told to move on, they turned the protest into a sit-down one and the police honed in on Ena as the ringleader. She was arrested and carted away, receiving a caution. This didn't stop the sturdy group, instead they had an overnight sit-in at the clubhouse itself which duly won a reprieve.

• For more information see Episode 867 (14th April 1969).

Nina Lucas

Nina Lucas is the niece of cafe proprietor Roy Cropper, taken in by her uncle after her sickly father Richard Lucas passed away in 2019. A kind-hearted but complex young woman, Nina is rarely seen without her Goth attire and make-up, which she considers a part of her identity. In 2021, she and her boyfriend Seb Franklin were brutally attacked by Corey Brent and his gang, an attack which cost Seb his life. As the pair had been targeted due to Nina's appearance, Nina had a crisis of self, ditching the Goth clobber for a while. She overcame this in time to testify against Corey on a murder charge, but it wasn't enough to convict and Kelly Neelan was sent down for the crime instead. The conviction was quashed several weeks later when new evidence was found proving that Corey was the attacker.

...that Anthony Schaeffer holds the current record of most roles in the programme with fifteen credited to date?
...that the first episode of the programme ever transmitted that did not feature any of the original cast members from 1960 was Episode 1428 (23rd September 1974)?
...that Stanley Wood, who wrote Episode 1237 (22nd November 1972), was the father of comedian Victoria Wood?
...that in Episode 1183 (17th May 1972), the character of Rita Bates gave her maiden name as "Foster" and not the later-established "Littlewood"?
...that although the character of Armistead Caldwell had died in 1935, his voice was heard in Episode 1256 (29th January 1973)?
...that the first ever repeat of an episode of Coronation Street was on Friday 10th February 1961 when strike action prevented the transmission of that night's edition and Episode 1 was shown in its place?