Ernie Wicker

Ernest Richard Wicker, also known as Ernie, was Nora Wicker's husband for most of her life.

He was born on 7 January 1908 and died in 1977 at the age of 68 or 69. His passing affected Nora greatly, and she continued to live alone in their countryside cottage for the next decade, thinking about how he would have reacted to situations and taking up gardening to carry on the work he had done during his life. When she decided to stay trapped in a Time Bubble to look after the World Tree in her garden, the first story Nora told it was about Ernie's life, calling him the "handsomest man" she had ever seen. (AUDIO: The World Tree)