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

Likes

• A small sherry       
• Charity work

Dislikes

• Crowbars
• Uncharitable behaviour