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A Yorkshire fairy story brought fame to Cottingley
Do you believe in fairies? If you'd been around in 1917, you may well have done. A lot of people did, particularly those in Cottingley, a village in West Yorkshire, between Shipley and Bingley. It is known for the Cottingley Fairies, which appeared in a series of convincing photographs taken there during that year.