The story of the Cottingley Fairies

In 1916/17 Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright, two young girls living in Cottingley, produced the most famous fairy pictures in Britain which are still talked about today.

The first photograph was taken in 1916 and showed Frances with the fairies.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of Sherlock Holmes fame, was entirely convinced by the photographs and to demonstrate his unshakeable belief in the spirit world, he published The Coming of the Fairies in 1922. It recounted the story of the photographs, their supposed provenance, and the implications of their existence.

A Warner Bros Film "Fairy Tale - A True Story" held its British premiere in Bradford in 1998 which tells the story of Frances and Elsie.

But the Book Fairy Tale A True Story

For further information visit Cottingley Connect Fairies

Further Web Sites

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Cottingley Fairies

The Cottingley Fairies

Books about the Cottingley Fairies

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/doyle.htm