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Eleanor "Nora" Black had two brothers and fours sisters. The family moved from England to Cranbrook, BC. Nora married Gordon Bishop. They had met in Vancouver where he worked at the David Spencer Store. They lived in the third house west of St. Joseph's Catholic Church on the Fraser Highway in Langley. They had one son, Stan, who with wife Phyllis, had a son named Randy. They owned the Reliable Cycle Shop on Fraser Highway, next to Plewe's Drug Store. This shop not only had bikes, but sold all kinds of sports equipment and at Christmas time carred a great variety of children's toys.
Nora clerked in the store and was a very active community volunteer. She was involved with the Ladies Auxilliary of the Langley Legion, and was particularly active when they were building the Legion premises.
Nora had a great alto soprano voice and was often called Langley's "Kate Smith." She always sang at the service on November 11th and at many concerts supporting community affairs. She was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and sang in the choir. Nora also did a lot of work to support senior citizens, and was inolved in the building and running of the Langley Lodge, along with the Langley Lions Club. Randy Bishop, Nora's grandson, is still the proprietor of a sports shop, today known as "Mad Dogs", which was at various locations in Langley before returning to the Fraser Highway. The business has expanded into Abbotsford as well.