Ena Mitchell, who lived in Howard Place in Carlisle, died in June 1979. Carlisle was the base for all her professional journeys, to sing the soprano arias in many performances of The Messiah, Elijah, The Creation and the Passions and Cantatas by Bach.
In addition to this busy career, she was also much sought after as a teacher of singing, both at home and at the Royal Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow (now the Royal Scottish Conservatoire) and at the Royal Manchester/Northern College of Music, travelling to and fro by train from Carlisle.
She was half in great respect by her many pupils and was greatly loved for her sense of humour and the warmth of her personality.