Projects
December 27, 2018
Stitching communities together – A Hermanus History Society Project
October 15, 2015
Friends of Swallow Park: The History Society hopes to encourage a Friends monitor the park and to find opportunities to use the park as a place for learning about our past and present with the potential to host outdoor exhibitions and theatre. Monthly inspections are undertaken by the committee to […]
September 30, 2015
Painting by Peter Earle Hemel-en-Aarde – Click to view their website Historic map & some concise historical anecdotes used for the history group walks The toll gate On the Hermanus side of the narrow entrance to the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, a government toll house and toll-bar were installed in 1897. Tariffs included […]
September 30, 2015
Proposal Recreate the garden of Swallow Neethling so that it can serve as a place of memory and an urban space that should become part of the lives of the local communities again. The garden, which overlooks Walker Bay and is a 3 A Heritage site, has become neglected. Redesigning […]