Classic Corrie Les Dawson and Ena Sharples Pt1

A clip from a 1993 Coronation Street special. Les Dawson narrates a feature on classic character Ena Sharples, played by Violet Carson. Part 1.

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• coronation street
• corrie
• les dawson
• ena sharples
• violet carson

[Messylin]

Violet Carson was a stunning genius in this role! A seamless master at blending the tragic and the comic, to create a fully rounded, fascinating character. Her monologue about being taken to the mill as a child is devastating and poetic - some of the most beautiful, tender acting I've ever seen, anywhere. Whatever 'Street' exists today, has nothing to do with what we see here. This was a different show - it lived and died with Carson.

[1lordthorpe]

Child-hood memories. I loved Les Dawson. I loved Ena, fabulous acting, bit of a culteral time capsule when Annie Walker calls her Mrs Sharples. Imagine Ena doing the black bottom! Good stuff! Thank you Ms or Mr tvordj.

[puddypuss]

funny seeing lucille hewitt again

[markspark1213]

this is actually better than the corrie now, no joke.

[Messylin]

@Aspergianstar2009 - absolutely correct. There's no depth to the characterization anymore. The show rarely gets into the psychology of the various characters as any good soap opera is obliged to; rather, it plots out the events for the characters instead of allowing them to drive the narrative themselves. As a result, we have things like ridiculous tram explosions and sensationalist plots.... because the characters as written are simply not interesting enough anymore - they are all mundane.

[Aspergianstar2009]

What the hell has happened to it all. LOved Corie brilliant in the past. I can remember it really was a treat to sit down and watch it. Then the old characters left and new ones just did not have quiet the same atmosphere. Now its more like they are getting rid of all the old characters and bringing in a load of kids. I am not an old age pensioner myself but 40 years of age

[anonUK]

Were Les Dawson and Violet Carson the same person?

[Cool2BCeltic]

For years I called her "that formidable looking old lady with the hair net". As a kid I had a dream where I was alone in my parents' living room and Coronation Street was on the TV. In the dream I tried helping myself to a piece of cake that was on the living room table and Ena Sharples shouted "put it back" to me from the TV set.

[Cool2BCeltic]

@silversurfers7 True

[silversurfers7]

....I remember being scard of Ena Sharples when a kid, apon seeing her, more then i was scared of my iron-fisted mother, and my mother was feared all along our street! That Ena looked one hard nut!

[henson001]

A literate script written by someone with an ear for dialogue and an eye for character. Current soaps are too caught up in the mill of ratings and gossip mags for them to have this high quality.

[indydaisy1]

Common, hahahha classic, what the im 47 what happened there then