2023

Members Meetings: 2 previous site visits (Maanschijn and St Peters’ Church) shown on our website Photographic History – Hermanus “The proposed book on photographs of old Hermanus is still on track. Most, if not all, the photographs have been selected and at the moment captions to the photographs are being […]

I was sent a video of this bottle with the label Westcott and asked to throw light on its history. I was assisted by Mike Clark and Jack van Dyk of our committee. The mineral factory is mentioned in a number of Robin Lee’s stories in our website:  www.hermanus-history-society.co.za Westcott’s […]

On 17th July 2023 Elizabeth Jones & Judy George, conducted a tour of the church and its background history. This included the beautiful stained glass windows and ecclesiastical artefacts in St. Peter’s Church.(1868—-) Ruth Vary rang the bells explaining the sound significance and afterwards we were served tea and scones […]

Next history meeting: 21 August 2023 @ 4pm Address: 3 Market Square Hermanus Please join the Hermanus History Society for a site visit to explore the old-world charm of the De Wet’s Huis Photo Museum. This will enable us to learn about its unusual history, see the special photo collection […]