Ernest Gordon "Ernie" Bishop was a photographer, husband of Emily Bishop and a Coronation Street resident from 1972 until his death in 1978. Ernie was raised in Weatherfield and followed in his late father's footsteps by pursuing photography as a profession, eventually coming to own a camera shop. A shy, kind man, Ernest remained a bachelor into his late thirties, and in 1969 met Emily Nugent, a fellow member of the local Mission circuit. They had a rocky romance but got married in 1972, and bought No.3 Coronation Street.