Shirley Stelfox (Edna Birch) was never, ever seen without her silly hat in a single episode of Emmerdale that she appeared in. Shirley, a 'method' actress was said to have even slept and showered with the hat on and couldn't be parted from it. steve Halliwall ( Zac Dingle) was, similarly, never, ever seen without his flat cap in a single episode of Emmerdale that he appeared in. So attached to the cap was the dingle-meister, that when he died, they had to surgically remove the cap which had been stuck on his head with super-glue for decades