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NEWSLETTER UPDATE HERMANUS HISTORY SOCIETY MAY 2022
Robin Lee has resigned from the committee as he will need time to complete his book. I will take over his diligent secretarial work…
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Members Meeting
An oral History of Gansbaai
Topic: An oral History of Gansbaai Speaker: Philippie Fourie, born in 1950 Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus Date: 25…
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Members Meeting
Heritage Resource Management: Implications and Implementation at the Local Level.
Notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of the Hermanus History Society to be held in the Catholic Church Hall at 16.00 on…
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Members Meeting
Members Meeting: Forgotten Overberg Routes
Topic: FORGOTTEN OVERBERG ROUTES Speaker: Roger Stewart Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus Date: 14 February…
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Members Meeting
THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN RED CROSS AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE WORK OF THE HERMANUS RED CROSS
DATE: MONDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2021 VENUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL, EASTCLIFF, HERMANUS TIME: 16.00 SPEAKER: ANGELA HESLOP THE HISTORY…
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History Narratives
GREAT FIRES OF HERMANUS
Every year one or more fires cause chaos and loss across areas of the Overstrand Municipality. These losses do not include the direct costs…
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History Narratives
Fires in Hermanus
The territory now occupied by the Overstrand Municipality, including Hermanus, has experienced fire for millions of years. The first fires…
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The Cypress Tree Tea Gardens
Over the years Hermanus received increasing numbers of visitors -we would call them ‘tourists’, who did not stay at one of thirteen hotels…
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THE GOLDFISH CAFÉ AT GROTTO BEACH(also known as the Driftwood Den and Nautilus):
For more than 50 years, between 1946 and the late 1990s, this business operated at a prime site on the (present) Blue Flag portion of…
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ANGLING IN HERMANUS SUMMERS LONG AGO
In the early 20th century, Hermanus became famous for another kind of 'fishing', which also had economic consequences. More…
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CHRISTMAS AT THE MARINE HOTEL, HERMANUS: 1945
It's not easy to think about events 76 years ago. But we are lucky enough to have a vivid story of the night before Xmas in the year…
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SHORT HISTORY OF THE CLIFF PATH, HERMANUS
For tourists, the Cliff Path is another of the town’s attractions, to be enjoyed without needing to consider how it got there. For…
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