Teddy's Nook
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Teddy's Nook is a house built by Henry Pease, on Saltburn by the Sea Bank for his own habitation. The sturdy sandstone house was first named "The Cottage". The following stories (whether fact or fiction is not known) all relate to this house. When Saltburn Bank was only a track, two eccentric ladies, who lived in the house, kept a lion for a pet. They exercised it on the beach daily and it is said to be buried somewhere in the garden. Mrs Lillie Langtry (the Jersey Lily) stayed at the house at sometime between 1877 and 1880. She was often visited by Edward Prince of Wales (late Edward VII of the United Kingdom) who had a suite of rooms at the Zetland Hotel.
The Cottage, consequently, became known as Teddy's Nook. In wartime German spies are thought to have contacted ships out at sea by means of flashing lights from Teddy's Nook. The Kelly family, who leased the house in later years, were cousins of Jimmy Saville who visited regularly.
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