Members Meeting Archive
February 22, 2023
NEWS UPDATE OCTOBER 2022 VERGELEGEN GARDEN AND HERITAGE TOUR Fourteen members experienced an interesting heritage and garden tour of Vergelegen after coffee and delicious scones. The gardens show off their Camphor and Oak trees with a backdrop of the Hottentots Holland mountains. We were reminded of the early history of […]
August 3, 2022
Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus R20 for non-members Time: 16.00 to 17.30 Topic: Le Vaillant Francois Le Vaillant was the most widely read, translated and influential early traveler to the Cape which he visited from 1781 to 1784. He was also, according to German historian of ornithology, Erwin Stresemann, the first […]
July 19, 2022
Time: 04:00 PM Johannesburg Topic: History Society – John Garlick Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89791947783?pwd=MlB4QTlodjd4ejdMMkprQzlmNXFBZz09 Meeting ID: 897 9194 7783 Passcode: 742185 Sherry Garlick Stanton (Great-granddaughter of John Garlick) The author, Sherry Garlick Stanton, describes her great-grandfather’s arrival in Cape Town in 1872 from Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 22, […]
May 24, 2022
Topic: An oral History of Gansbaai Speaker: Philippie Fourie, born in 1950 Venue: Catholic Church Hall, Eastcliff, Hermanus Date: 25 APRIL 2022 Time: 16.00 to 17.30 The History of Gansbaai This oral history covers Gansbaai from 1950 to today. Philip will share photos of the development of Gansbaai, his understanding […]