Hull Fair: open for business
Hull Fair 2012 is officially open.
Lord Mayor Danny Brown rang the bell to open the fair at around 5.30pm tonight - but hundreds had already flocked to Walton Street to join in the fun.
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Hull fair opened today
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The parade down Walton Street before the fair is officially opened
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Early fairgoers on Walton Street before the official opening
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Holly Fieldsend, 2, hooks a duck
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Lord Mayor Danny Brown opened the fair
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Jack Graham, 3, has fun at the fair
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Children from Hull Fair School
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Kira Pickering and Kira Townley, both 11, of Bransholme
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Big Wheel
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Julija Titcenkova and Kristine Bangovska
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Riders started early
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Choosing fair goodies
Chairman of the Yorkshire section of the Showman's Guild Mathew Morley said this year the fair had even bigger rides than it's arch rival, Nottingham Goose Fair.
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Jane Pickering, of Bransholme, was there for the opening.
She said: "We come every year - it is hard not to with kids."
There are more than 250 rides this year, with everything from traditional waltzers and dodgems to new and exciting rides such as the Starflyer, the tallest ride in the country.
Mike Fieldsend, 30, was there with his two-year-old daughter Holly.
He said: "We have been coming every year since we were kids and we brought Holly last year. It is a tradition now every October isn't it? It is great."
Children's rides will open at 2pm for the rest of the fair, with the whole fair opening at 5pm and running til 11pm.
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