Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire)

• Character

• Emily Bishop

  

  1. D.O.B: 18 October 1929
  2. Address: 3 Coronation Street
  3. Work: Hospital volunteer

  First Appearance

  • 27 January 1961: Emily clashed with Ena Sharples, caretaker of the Glad Tidings Mission, over clearing up after services.

  Street History

  • 1964: Jilts Leonard Swindley on their wedding day
  • 1968: Enjoys a passionate fling with Miklos Zadic
  • 1972: Marries Ernest Bishop
  • 1978: Distraught when Ernest is shot dead during a wages snatch
  • 1980: Marries Arnold Swain but discovers that he is a bigamist
  • 1988: Invites Percy Sugden to lodge at number 3
  • 1992: Suffers from depression and has a breakdown
  • 1994: Briefly engaged to Reverend Bernard Morten
  • 1998: Stages a protest by camping out in a tree
  • 2003: Clubbed over the head with a crowbar by Richard Hillman
  • 2006: Ernest’s killer, Ed Jackson, seeks her out to ask her forgiveness
  • 2009: Befriends Norris Cole’s half-brother Ramsay Clegg
  • 2010: Takes in Rita as she is left homeless after tram crash destroys the Kabin
  • 2011: Continues to socialise with Rita, Norris, Mary and a returned Dennis Tanner in the Rovers

  Likes

  • A small sherry       
  • Charity work

  Dislikes

  • Crowbars
  • Uncharitable behaviour

  Key Relationships

  • Norris Cole
  • Rita Sullivan