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Displays
MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR A HISTORY DISPLAYS ABOUT HERMANUS ENVIRONS AIM: To arrange a display of Hermanus History in the entrance to the…
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Projects
Projects
Ella Gordon’s Horse Graveyard at Karwyderskraal
Proposal: To restore, conserve and make use of Ella Gordon’s farm “Karwyderskraal”: her homestead the dwellings around it the…
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History Narratives
History of Clarence Drive
I came across a website www.buzzfeed.com recently where a follower, called travelguru, rated Clarence Drive (or, more prosaically, a…
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General
Overstrand Coastline - A tale of two Parts
The Overstrand Municipality has an unusually long coastline in relation to its area. Yet it has been exclusively settled from the land.…
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History Narratives
Hoy's Koppie: The Jewel of Hermanus
In the mid-19th century the early inhabitants of Hermanuspietersfontein called it “Klip Kop” – an isolated hill rising some 75 metres above…
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General
St Luke's Greek Orthodox Church (Not open to public)
ST LUKE’S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH. 7 Riverside Lane, Onrus (PLEASE NOTE - Not open to public) On 22 October 2013 the Hermanus History…
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Members Meeting
Historical accounts of the survivors of shipwrecks along the south east coast of South Africa
Dr Gillian Vernon then addressed the meeting on the topic of historical accounts of the survivors of shipwrecks along the south east coast…
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Members Meeting
Family Treasure
The Hermanus History Society’s first members’ meeting for 2015 was on 2 February at the Windsor Hotel. Dr Robin Lee told members that the…
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Members Meeting
Hermanus History Society visit to COMPAGNESDRIFT (Botriver)
Compagnesdrift was probably the first farm to be established at the foothills of the HouwHoek Mountains in the early part of the eighteenth…
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Members Meeting
History members in Aberdeen Street
Aberdeen Street walk On 6 October twenty-odd keen history enthusiasts braved the rain and cold to discover the legacy of Aberdeen Road…
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Archive
Lemm’s Corner – a dream in the making
[caption id="attachment_346" align="alignleft" width="351"] Lemm’s Stores used to be part house, part general…
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Members Meeting
Through the Lens (Thomas Ravenscroft)
Felicity Jervis (right) is the social historian who addressed the Hermanus History Society (HHS) members meeting on the topic of Through…
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