28/05/2026
This afternoon at Thursday Lunch Club we had another “local interest history talk” titled “Bristol Bamboozled” by local amateur historian William Evans. Williams’s talk explored and explained a series of extraordinary historical frauds, hoaxes, and deceptions that fooled the people of Bristol—from ghostly hauntings and forged medieval manuscripts to fake prophets, invented princesses, and fabricated war heroes. Illustrated with photographs, his talk revealed how even a bustling, commercially savvy city repeatedly fell for some astonishing cons! Thank you William. x