History Narratives
YOU CAN HELP: BEHIND THE KOPPIE
We have several words in English to refer to places where we bury our dead: burying ground, burial place, graveyard, churchyard and…
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The Birkenhead Hotel
The Luyt family in Hermanus had a strong entrepreneurial spirit. Their investments were successful, more often than not. The Marine and…
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THE LIGHTER SIDE OF THE HERMANUS HOTELS
Generally, the owners and managers of Hermanus hotels kept quiet establishments. Their guests were mainly middle to upper-middle-class…
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Destination Hermanus – a journey in history
T housands of visitors, holidaymakers and owners of family holiday homes will be travelling to destination Hermanus this December. Their…
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Preserving the cemetery ‘behind the koppie’
Writer Robin Lee, Hermanus History Society We have several words in English to refer to places where we bury our dead: burying ground,…
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DESTINATION HERMANUS (third Instalment)
The Napier Family This account of a more recent journey to Hermanus was written by Nancy Okes (born Napier) and tells of a trip from Cape…
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DESTINATION HERMANUS
The first hints of summer are in the air, and maybe the fourth surge of Covid 19 will not materialise in December. If the…
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DESTINATION HERMANUS
The first hints of summer are in the air, and maybe the fourth surge of Covid 19 will not materialise in December. If the weather holds…
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UNIVERSITY OF THE THIRD AGE: OVERBERG
DATE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2021 TIME: 10.00 VENUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL, EASTCLIFF, HERMANUS (also on zoom, see link below) PRESENTER: ROBIN…
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The Riviera Hotel, the Grottos, and Grotto Beach
The Riviera Hotel, the Grottos, and Grotto Beach By Dr. Robin Lee The grottos, Grotto Beach and Piet-se-Bos today The…
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TOPIC: ARTISTS AND WRITERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREATER HERMANUS AREA
SPEAKER: DR ROBIN LEE DATE: 20 AUGUST 2021 (10.00) The coastline of greater Hermanus (an area from Voëlklip to Fisherhaven) has…
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F SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896-194O): THE MAN WHO NAMED THE JAZZ AGE
A Presentation by Robin Lee to U3A: Overberg Monday 16 August 2021 at 10.00 Few novelists have their description of the period they…
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