Articles

Hermanus and HRH Princess Alice

Following on his article, Hermanus and the ‘Queen of the Air’, published in the 21 August edition of The Village News, DR ROBIN LEE of the…

Hermanus and ‘The Queen of the Air'

Writer Dr Robin Lee For over a century now, Hermanus has been a popular holiday destination. Individuals and groups come from all over…

Stuart Cloete: A novelist in Hermanus

Writer Dr Robin Lee One of the obvious features of Hermanus history is the large number of famous and well-known people who visited the…

STOP DEMOLITION OF ESPLANADE HOTEL

An application for the total demolition of the old Esplanade Hotel, Marine Drive, Hermanus, has been approved by Heritage Western Cape.…

A distinctive place, pavement life essential

With the CBD revitalisation set to start in High Street next year, Robin Lee and Angela Heslop for the Hermanus History Society weigh in on…

Fires in the ’50s and ’60s

Part 3 of 3: The Great Fires of Hermanus In trying to identify as many fires as possible I have consulted all written histories of…

Hermanus Cliff Path: what’s in a name?

The Van Riebeeck Society for Southern Africa 1918-2018

National Library of South Africa The Society will turn 100 in August 2018 and since its inception in 1918, has published one volume of…

Hermanus History Society honours Dr John Philip

Eight members of the Philip clan were among those who attended the informative talk by Prof John de Gruchy entitled Dr John Philip: A…

The old Kraal at Greyton

Realising that a very vital heritage site had been lost to Greytonians, Felicity Jervis set about researching and digging to discover where…

Repaired Plaques on Hoy’s Graves – March 2018

I have posted a lot of information about Sir William Hoy and just want to tell you about an event that happened last Thursday, 22 March…

Victoria Cross Remembered - 100 years later

On Sunday 17 September a commemoration was held for Major William Henry Hewitt VC at Sievers Punt in Hermanus. Major Hewitt received his…