Mrs Helliwell was one of four applicants for the position of the newly-built Community Centre in Coronation Street in May 1971. She joined the other candidates - Ena Sharples, Hetty Thorpe and a Mr Draper - for an interview at Weatherfield Town Hall which was conducted by a panel of five - Alf Roberts, Ernest Bishop, Mrs Mellish, Miss Prowse and Mr Rogers. All four candidates were kept waiting for a considerable time in the corridor outside the committee room and Mrs Helliwell told Ena that her nephew had said it’s part of the psychology of employers to do such a thing. As time wore on, she gossiped to Ena that Ernie was carrying on with a woman who served at his camera shop i.e. Emily Nugent, but Ena didn't correct her. She came out her interview happy with the result but not with the fac