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Klip Kop Cave – home to early humans in Hermanus
The Village Explorer Writer: Dr Robin Lee The Overstrand coastline is full of caves. This is because the entire coast and even…
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The day the fish ran out
Hermanus Times Writer: Dr Robin Lee To the families who stepped ashore at Hermanuspietersfontein in 1855 it must have seemed Walker Bay…
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Final Newsletter for 2019
Members of the Hermanus History Society have been working with others to produce a really top class introduction to Hermanus, aimed at…
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Tretchi – A controversial artist’s link to Hermanus
Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913–2006) remains a very well-known artist of the 20th century, not accorded much value by academics and critics,…
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Members Meeting
Members Meeting: Monday 18 November 2019
Catholic Church Hall: 16.00 Nigel Penn’s award-winning book Rogues, Rebels and Runaways, entertained and informed readers with stories…
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Members Meeting
THEATRE AND THE PURSUIT OF NON-RACIALISM IN APARTHEID CITIES
Catholic Church Hall: refreshments 15.30, meeting 16.00 ACTING WITH BEST INTENTIONS: THEATRE AND THE PURSUIT OF NON-RACIALISM IN…
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History Narratives
Famous author’s link with Hermanus
Writer Dr Robin Lee British author, Nicholas Monsarrat (1910 –1979) spent several years in South Africa after World War II. Some of…
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Recording Mount Pleasant’s history through art
Writer Elaine Davie Following the successful completion of the Zwelihle section of the Hermanus Living Tapestry project towards the end…
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When the history bug bites you
Writer Elaine Davie Today is tomorrow’s yesterday’ is an old adage which indicates the fluidity of history. It is not an event, a…
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Stalwarts receive recognition at Mayoral Awards Ceremony
9 October 2019 This year, the coveted Achiever of Excellence Lifetime Award went to Dr Robin Lee and his wife Dr Anina Lee. This award…
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Members Meeting
HOW TO DO AND PRESENT LOCAL HISTORY
Catholic Church Hall: refreshments 15.30, meeting 16.00 HOW TO DO AND PRESENT LOCAL HISTORY - A presentation by Robin Lee This…
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James Douglas Logan, the ‘ideal colonist’
Writer Dr Robin Lee One of the frequent visitors to Hermanus in the early 20th century was James Douglas Logan (1857–1920). A writer…
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