Jimmy Savile’s Scarborough home

 

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…

 

 

 

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