January 19, 2022
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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 individuals and families, not given to riotous nights. But sometimes events beyond management’s control occurred and resulted in a story that would go round the village. Then, it might be passed down […]
January 19, 2022
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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 trips may be short and by car only, say from Cape Town; or they may be longer, involving air travel from other parts of the country and, to a lesser […]
January 19, 2022
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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, burial place, graveyard, churchyard and cemetery, for example. In the history of Hermanus, different terms have been used at different times. It also appears that different places […]
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