Cridlands around the world

Famous Cridlands currently alive

- Ansel Cridland, frontman of Jamaican reggae group The Meditations (and previously “The Linkers”). He also sang with Bob Marley, including providing ‘harmony vocals’ on Exodus, which was one of Bob Marley’s best-known albums in the UK and his first to get into the top ten here.

- M Cridland played for the Stockton Ports minor league baseball team in the US in September 1999.

- Susan Cridland wrote episodes of hit US TV show “Married with Children”.

- Tim Cridland was “The Torture King” in the “Jim Rose Circus Sideshow”: http://www.ambient.on.ca/jimrose/, known for eating light bulbs and impaling himself with hat pins and meat skewers. In October 2000, an e-mail arrives, telling me that “Zamora The Torture King” is now independent of the Jim Rose show, and is touring with Flexx the India Rubber Boy. He is currently playing at Knott’s Scary Farm in Anaheim, CA.

Cridlands in business

- John Cridland is Director General of the CBI, the Confederation of Business and Industry in the UK.

- Stephen Cridland is a photographer in the US.

- Jeremy Cridland is a photographer too, based somewhere in the UK.

- Cridland & Cridland are an estate agency in the Beverley Hills, run by Fred and Linda Cridland.

- Emma Cridland is a jeweller in Tavistock, Devon

- Mark Cridland is a painter and decorator in Bristol

- Cridlands Lawyers are, um, lawyers. They’ve offices in Adelaide and Sydney in Australia.

- Cridland and Associates are professional land surveyors, with three offices in Canada including Calgary.

- Helen Cridland is a painter.

- Andy Cridland is a partner in Bluebird Taxis in Truro, Cornwall.

Who owns what domain name

- http://www.cridland.com/: Fred and Linda Cridland, real estate agency, US

- http://www.cridland.org/: Jeremy Cridland, photographer, UK

- http://www.cridland.net/: James Cridland, Australia (but open to all)

• James also owns cridland.eu and crid.land

- http://www.cridland.co.uk/: Jonathan Cridland

- http://www.cridlands.com/: Cridlands Lawyers, Australia

Clever Cridlands

- NA Cridland is a scientist who has written papers like Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer: a Review of Relevant Cellular Studies

- Dr Sean Cridland is an assistant professor of political science and philosophy, and the owner of a very fine beard.

- The IMAP4rev1 QUOTA Extension sounds hugely dull, but in fact is co-authored by our very own Dave Cridland.

- Ginger Cridland has written a final paper about American Immigrant Literature at UHCL – the University of Houston Clear Lake in Houston TX, USA.

Cridlands in radio

- James Cridland worked for Virgin Radio and the BBC, and is now a consultant.

- From 1989-1994, Diane Cridland broadcast on Los Angeles’s KABC. She then left to program news/talk station KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, till 1996.

Cridlands who broke the law

- Charles (Chas) Cridland, born 1803, was convicted for stealing a hankerchief (value 6s – about 30p or 50 cents) at the Old Bailey, on Wednesday 12th April 1820. He was transported to the colonies (Sydney) for life. He was aged 17. He recieved a full pardon from the king in 1837 and was subsequently given a land grant. He married Elizabeth Whelan on the 25th September 1825.

Pictures of Cridlands

- Here’s a picture, or two, of someone called Earl Cridland. He’s a ‘handsome guy’ who attended the 2002 reunion of the Covina High School class of 1962.

- A suitably well-taken picture of Portland OR, USA, photographer Steve Cridland.

Thanks to Allan, Tim and Diane Cridland for their contributions to this page.