I've often stayed
at The Grand Hotel at Scarborough but the parking spaces are few so poor I've
left the car near the Esplanade and walked to the hotel. I pass Wessex Court where
Jimmy Savile had a flat overlooking the south bay and, for some reason, I can’t
stop my eye darting to the holes on the wall where the wall plaque had once
been. He bought it for his mum and it has a terrific view of the south bay.
After Jimmy died
the media frothed about this charity work and a wall plaque was mounted on
Wessex Court – also a street sign was erected a few metres away called “Savile’s
View”. Both were soon taken down. Jimmy’s catalogue of sex crimes emerged and
all references to him were removed. Even the £4,000 headstone on his grave was smashed
up and removed (through the night by the funeral directors.)
Not a bad view from the balcony…
Stills from Louis Theroux’s
documentary about meeting Jimmy Saville…