Members Meeting Archive
June 28, 2021
SPEAKER: ROBIN LEE DAE: 21 JUNE 2021 TIME: 16.00 TO 17.00 Many members will have noticed the recent improvements made to High Street as part of the Municipality’s Renewal Programme for the town’s Central Business District. This presentation will trace the history of High Street from the first survey and […]
June 8, 2021
“Childhood Memories of Bechuanaland in the 1950s” by Angela Heslop https://youtu.be/gjQgAIxkMaU The Jewish community in Hermanus and tow well known Jewish families By Robin Lee https://youtu.be/a62LNpKK1Dw “The History of Mount Pleasant” by Kathie Buley https://youtu.be/6PstHLRjmvM Amy Johnson Aviatrix – Sweetheart of the Air by Robin Lee https://youtu.be/JZ8tRsDlCOY
May 18, 2021
By Robin Lee When the settlement at Hermanuspietersfontein was not yet 40 years old, the first Jewish family arrived. This was the Allengensky family that later shortened its name to Allen. They were followed within two years by the Oblowitz family. By the time the first comprehensive histories were being […]
April 26, 2021
15 March: Annual General Meeting: (virtual) with guest speaker 29 March: Members Meeting: (virtual): (Angela Heslop: How a message in a bottle and a child’s photos taken in Bechuanaland in the 1950s became history.) 19 April: Members Meeting: (virtual): (Robin Lee: Two Jewish Families in Hermanus History: Oblowitz and Allengensky Families) 5 […]