[2] Her grandfather was John George Riddell, who looked after Grimsby fish market, and died in May 1949.
[3] Riddell was born in Grimsby, at Nunsthorpe Maternity Home, and first lived at 147 Scartho Road.
In March 1965, she took part in a production of 'Blue Murder' by Kenneth Lillington,[4] and as Arabella in Three Blind Mice by Cuthbert Taylor.
[9] She grew up in a Catholic family with sisters Sheila and Maddi and brother John.
[9] Riddell is a member of the advisory board of Out of Trouble, which is affiliated with the Prison Reform Trust.