Ruth Winter was a pretty, well-spoken woman who worked as community social worker at the Glad Tidings Mission Hall from May to July 1966. Ruth was appointed without the knowledge of caretaker Ena Sharples, and immediately clashed with the irascible pensioner. Ena, who had just been found guilty of stealing two tins of salmon from the Pick-a-Snip Supermarket, was offended by the idea of the Mission's transformation into a Community Centre and immediately resigned her post, vacating her accommodation in the Mission's Vestry. Ruth helped rehouse Ena but she didn't find any of the alternatives to her liking and ended up moving in with Len Fairclough and Jerry Booth as their housekeeper - much to Len's horror!