Cottingley Fairies

Cottingley Fairies

by Liv | Published on October 17th, 2008, 3:07 pm | Life

Just finished watching Torchwood. I love the show, and one of the episodes is loosely based on the Cottingley Fairy phenomenon of 1917 which occurred and was photographed near Bradford, England. One photo from the occurrence has been the center of controversy as one of the girls claimed to her death it was authentic and real. "The Fifth" Photo as it was called was analyzed by a photo expert and stated "these dancing figures are not made of paper nor any fabric; they are not painted on a photographic background—but what gets me most is that all these figures have moved during the exposure."

I remember one time at work when we discontinued a product we sold which had angels on it, my job was to offer a suitable replacement to the item they have & entice them purchase that instead. I suggested a product which had children on it with colorful wings. One very religious woman yelled back at me "Those aren't children with wings, those are FARIES!!!!" followed by "Do you know what fairies are?", I replied back "uh.... no... mam, I guess I don't".... (as submissively as my job requires me to be.) She states "Fairies are demons. They're demonic beings sent by the devil."

[Sanjuro]

"Come away oh human child..."

[Sanjuro]

I'm hijacking this thread:

What's your favorite Torchwood ep?

[A Person]

Tinkerbell will die if you do...

[Liv]

I'm hijacking this thread:

What's your favorite Torchwood ep?

Actually I'm only on disc 2 right now... episode 5.... but they keep getting better.... The robo-woman was really a tear jerker....

I just recently found the series.... It's funny I was actually doing genealogy research and was researching Cardiff... and I stumbled upon something about Torchwood.... I thought "Hmmmm...." that's interesting... and netflixed it....
Love it.... Everyone talks like my grandparents in it....

Favorite line yet: "I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire."....

[Sanjuro]

I'm hijacking this thread:

What's your favorite Torchwood ep?

Actually I'm only on disc 2 right now... episode 5.... but they keep getting better.... The robo-woman was really a tear jerker....

I just recently found the series.... It's funny I was actually doing genealogy research and was researching Cardiff... and I stumbled upon something about Torchwood.... I thought "Hmmmm...." that's interesting... and netflixed it....
Love it.... Everyone talks like my grandparents in it....

Favorite line yet: "I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire."....

My favorite ep is yet to come for you then!! I'll keep my mouth shut.

[Liv]

[Nfidel]

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Where did you find that Liv? Do you have a link where I can see more of this artist's work?

[Liv]

http://theminiatureworldsshow.co.uk/tessafarmer/

[Nfidel]

http://theminiatureworldsshow.co.uk/tessafarmer/

Thanks for the link. There are some interesting works there by Tess Farmer and by other artists too. You can see my taste in art is a bit bizarre. My avatar is from a photo I took.

[Liv]

Apparently they're real.