Caroline Bishop

Caroline "Carrie" Bishop was wife to George Bishop, mother of Ernest and Edie Bishop and grandmother of Freda Burgess.

Caroline passed away in 1969 and left £300 to her son Ernie and £50 to Edie. Ernie felt that this was unfair and gave his sister an allowance of £4 per week. When he became engaged to Emily Nugent in 1971, wedding and other expenses meant he had to cut this down to £2 and the Burgesses swiftly turned up at his house in Eccles to complain. Neither of them being skilled in the finer arts of diplomacy, they quickly blamed Emily to her face for the situation and then demanded their lunch as they had not eaten since beginning their journey. When Ernie returned home, an argument quickly began which ended when he threw them out.