Editing Jimmy Savile (section)

==Early life==
Savile, born in Consort Terrace, in the [[Burley, Leeds|Burley]] area of [[Leeds]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], was the youngest of seven children (his elder siblings were Mary, Marjory, Vincent, John, Joan, and Christina) in a [[Roman Catholic]] family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Coldrick |first=Martin |date=12 October 2012 |title=Jimmy Savile: Yorkshire rejects tainted legacy |work=BBC News |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-19927719 |access-date=13 July 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230327131330/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-19927719 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Tel o" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Savile |first=Jimmy |title=God'll Fix it |publisher=Mowbray |year=1979 |isbn=978-0264664576 |location=London}}</ref> His parents were Vincent Joseph Savile (1886–1953), a [[bookmaker]]'s clerk and insurance agent, and his wife, Agnes Monica Kelly (1886–1972). His paternal grandmother was [[Scottish people|Scottish]], whilst his mother was of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name="teleg">{{Cite news |last=Barratt |first=Nick |date=17 March 2007 |title=Family detective: Jimmy Savile |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3631736/Family-detective-Jimmy-Savile.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090605090122/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3631736/Family-detective-Jimmy-Savile.html |archive-date=5 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituaries Jimmy Savile |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/jimmy-savile-1.8229 |access-date=10 October 2023 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location= Dublin |date=5 November 2011}}</ref> Savile grew up during the [[Great Depression]], and later claimed that he "was forged in the crucible of want."<ref name="times1">{{Cite news |last=Savile |first=Jimmy |date=23 December 1989 |title=I was forged in the crucible of want and I consider myself far more privileged |work=[[The Times]] |location=London}}</ref> He described his father as "scrupulously honest but scrupulously broke."<ref name="timesmag1968">{{Cite news |last=Parkinson |first=Michael |date=14 January 1968 |title=Honest Jim |work=The Sunday Times Magazine |location=London}}</ref>

Savile's mother believed he owed his life to the intercession of [[Margaret Sinclair (nun)|Margaret Sinclair]], a Scottish nun, after he recovered quickly from illness, possibly [[pneumonia]],<ref name="Tel o" /> at the age of two when his mother prayed at [[Leeds Cathedral]] after picking up a pamphlet about Sinclair.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 July 2003 |title=Sir Jimmy backs saint calls |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3060395.stm |access-date=17 November 2011 |archive-date=24 August 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030824002036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3060395.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="times1" /> Savile went to St Anne's Roman Catholic School in Leeds. After leaving school at the age of 14 he worked in an office.<ref name="Tel o" /> At the age of 18 during the [[Second World War]] he was conscripted to work as a [[Bevin Boys|Bevin Boy]] and worked in [[Coal mining|coal mines]], where he reportedly suffered spinal injuries from a [[Drilling and blasting|shot-firer's explosion]] and he spent a long period recuperating, wearing a steel corset and for three years walking with the aid of sticks.<ref name="guardian obit" /><ref name="times1" /> Following his [[colliery]] work, Savile became a [[Scrap|scrap metal dealer]].<ref name="echol" /><ref name="teleg" /> Savile started playing records in dance halls in the early 1940s, and claimed to be the first DJ. According to his autobiography, he was the first to use [[two turntables and a microphone]] at the Grand Records Ball at the Guardbridge Hotel in 1947,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Harland |date=20 April 2004 |title=Lord of the bling |work=The Guardian |location=London |url= https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/apr/20/guesteditors2 |access-date=28 July 2008 |archive-date=21 October 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131021194818/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/apr/20/guesteditors2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="telegraph301011" /><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Brewster |first1=Bill |last2=Browghton |first2=Frank |title=DJ Awards-History |url=http://www.djawards.com/en/history.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323111406/http://www.djawards.com/en/history.php |archive-date=23 March 2008 |access-date=28 July 2008 |publisher=djawards.com}}</ref> although his claim to have been the first is untrue; twin turntables were illustrated in the ''BBC Handbook'' in 1929 and advertised for sale in ''[[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]'' magazine in 1931.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Donovan |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79IaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Savile%27s+claim+was+disputed%22 |title=The Radio Companion |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-246-13648-0 |location=London |page=198 |access-date=3 July 2011}}</ref> He became a semi-professional sportsman, competing in the 1951 [[Tour of Britain]] [[road bicycle racing|cycle race]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 May 2007 |title=Tour of Britain's long ride for respect |work=BBC News |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A22368558 |access-date=18 December 2008 |archive-date=29 November 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101129063004/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A22368558 |url-status=live }}</ref> and working as a [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]].<ref name="Tel o" />

Savile lived in [[Salford]] from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, the later period with [[Ray Teret]], who became his support DJ, assistant, and chauffeur.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Owen |first1=Jonathan |last2=Cahalan |first2=Paul |date=28 October 2012 |title=DJ's relatives tell of despair and sadness claims |work=The Independent on Sunday |location=London |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/djs-relatives-tell-of-despair-and-sadness-claims-8229385.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 November 2012 |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/djs-relatives-tell-of-despair-and-sadness-claims-8229385.html |archive-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> Savile managed the Plaza Ballroom on [[Wilmslow Road|Oxford Street, in Manchester city centre]], in the mid-1950s. When he lived in Great Clowes Street in [[Higher Broughton]], Salford, he was often seen sitting on his front door steps. He managed the [[Mecca Leisure Group|Mecca]] Locarno ballroom in Leeds in the late 1950s and early 1960s<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Savile |url=http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/jimmy-savile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922053228/http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/jimmy-savile |archive-date=22 September 2010 |access-date=16 January 2011 |publisher=DJHistory.com}}</ref> as well as the Mecca-owned Palais dance hall in [[Ilford]], Essex, between 1955 and 1956. His Monday evening records-only dance sessions (admission one shilling) were popular with local teens.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weatherup |first=Mark |date=2 November 2011 |title=Sir Jimmy Savile's tenure as Ilford dance hall manager remembered |work=Ilford Recorder |url=http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/news/sir_jimmy_savile_s_tenure_as_ilford_dance_hall_manager_remembered_1_1114843 |access-date=20 August 2010 |archive-date=20 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020132449/http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/news/sir_jimmy_savile_s_tenure_as_ilford_dance_hall_manager_remembered_1_1114843 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was while at Ilford that Savile was discovered by a music executive from [[Decca Records]].<ref name="echol">{{Cite news |last=Cleave |first=Maureen |date=12 September 1964 |title=The Amazing Mr. Jimmy Savile |work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref>