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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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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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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 (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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