Passengers aboard the ss Great Britain in Bristol are being brought back to life this Halloween.

Visitors to the tourist attraction will design and make clothes for life-sized cut outs of long-dead Victorian passengers and crew on the ship's Promenade Deck.

The Fashion Victims workshop on Friday is inspired by real-life characters and stories taken from diary extracts.

For example, passenger Rev James Maughn wrote about falling ill a lot and having a continuously runny nose.

Those on flying visits can take part in an art installation by drawing footsteps and making small animal figures.

Claire Reed, the ss Great Britain Trust's assistant education officer, said: "It is going to be great fun seeing how families bring passengers back to life."

Visitors can also talk to Mr Brunel about his daring designs.

Other highlights include descending under the glass 'sea', audio tours, hands-on interactive attractions in the Dockyard Museum, and the new Crimean War horse display in the Forward Hold of the ship.

Admission allows for free unlimited return visits to the Bristol attraction for a year.