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Jimmy Savile
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Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile was an English media personality and disc jockey. During his lifetime, he was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows Top of the Pops
Savile in 2006
Savile in 2006
Savile at the 1982 Leeds Marathon
Savile at the 1982 Leeds Marathon
Savile's coffin on display at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, 8 November 2011
Savile's coffin on display at the Queens Hotel in Leeds, 8 November 2011
Bevin Boys
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Bevin Boys were young British men conscripted to work in coal mines between December 1943 and March 1948 to increase the rate of coal production, which had declined through the early years of World Wa
Jimmy Savile
…Savile's victims allegedly included young children and elderly individuals. As a teenager during the Second World War, Savile worked in coal mines as a Bevin Boy. He began a career playing records in, and later managing, dance halls. His media career started as a disc jockey at Radio Luxembourg in 1958 and at…
Bevin Boys receiving training from an experienced miner at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, February 1945
Bevin Boys receiving training from an experienced miner at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, February 1945
Ernest Bevin (photographed in 1942)
Ernest Bevin (photographed in 1942)
A classroom lecture where Bevin Boys are learning about the Davy lamp at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, in February 1945
A classroom lecture where Bevin Boys are learning about the Davy lamp at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, in February 1945
Inscription reads: "The Bevin Boys were National Service conscripts, directed to work underground in British coal mines, providing unskilled labour to
Inscription reads: "The Bevin Boys were National Service conscripts, directed to work underground in British coal mines, providing unskilled labour to safeguard vital coal production to power the British war effort and produce coal for the nation."