Ethel Bostock (née Wilkins) was Alderman Chapman's Mayoress from 1972 to 1973. When Alf Roberts, Chapman's replacement, chose Annie Walker as his Mayoress, Ethel called at the Rovers to meet and advise her. Annie's first sight of Ethel was of a woman mucking in with the decoration of the Rovers living room, having arrived at the pub while Annie was away shopping and found Bet Lynch and Betty Turpin slaving away at the job. As she had just put in an advertisement for a temporary cleaner, Annie assumed that she had arrived for an interview. Though Annie was mortified when she learned the truth, Ethel laughed off the misunderstand and let her know that she had actually worked as a cleaner before.