2017 – Page 5 – Hermanus History Society

July 5, 2017

A picture history of the Riviera Hotel

Not many locations that existed in the late 19th or early 20th century in Hermanus have a photographic history of each phase of their lives. One of these is the lesser known Riviera Hotel up above what we now call Grotto Beach. Over the years DR ROBIN LEE of the […]

June 27, 2017

Hotel Winters in Hermanus Long Ago

June/July 2017 – Courtesy Whale Talk Magazine

June 13, 2017

The boom years when abalone equalled adventure

The opening of the New Harbour was one of the factors that led to the ‘perlemoen boom’ that lasted about 20 years. Between 1950 and 1970, Hermanus saw a development that brought a variety of different people into the town and kept the New Harbour busy for the duration. But […]

June 7, 2017

The History of Hamilton-Russel Vineyards

We are pleased to welcome another guest speaker at one of our monthly members meetings. He is Antony Hamilton-Russell, owner of Hamilton-Russell Vineyards in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley. Anthony was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1962. He is married to Olive and has four daughters. After schooling in Johannesburg […]