The Gallaghers can still be found at the fair, which gets under way on Friday night.
A rifle range that wowed the crowds at Hull Fair over nine decades has been recreated in miniature by the family who ran the attraction.
Mr Dunn is the son of Nellie Gallagher, a travelling fair worker who managed the range with her brother Billy.Nellie Gallagher and her family worked throughout Yorkshire and beyond with their mobile shooting gallery, but she eventually settled down in Hessle with Jim's father.She never lost the travelling bug and continued to spend summers touring, bringing Jim, now 72, along with her.Her brother Billy, 88, also worked there and said: "The range was for enjoyment...
He said it was "a pleasure" recreating his family's business but had nowhere to put the model so was keen to find "interested parties", such as a private collector or museum. Taken around 1904, Mr Dunn's ancestors including Mary Gallagher, who gave her name to the rifle range
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