“Give us back our eleven days,” was the cry as an enraged mob charged around the streets of Hull, calling for the return of their eleven-day festivities which they believed to have been lost due to the calendar change.

[5] The fair is held on land on the east side of Walton Street, situated next to the MKM Stadium and the Tigers Trust Arena.

The Fair was not held between 1939 and 1945, for the duration of the Second World War, when the fairground was used as a mooring point for barrage balloons, a military vehicle park, and a tank training ground.

[11] On 13 October 2017, a fault with the Power Tower ride at Hull Fair left more than thirty riders, aged between nine and 60, trapped about 70 ft (21m) in the air for five hours.

[12][13] That same year, a video was uploaded online showing a young boy managing to climb over and stand on a safety chain used to pin back riders, whilst on the Meteorite ride.