October 3, 2018

A distinctive place, pavement life essential

With the CBD revitalisation set to start in High Street next year, Robin Lee and Angela Heslop for the Hermanus History Society weigh in on how this vital project should be dealt with. The 1989 American film Field of Dreams concerns a man obsessed with building a baseball diamond (field) […]
October 2, 2018

Fires in the ’50s and ’60s

Part 3 of 3: The Great Fires of Hermanus In trying to identify as many fires as possible I have consulted all written histories of Hermanus, all written memoirs and scanned issues of the Hermanus Times, which has had different names over time. I have arranged the data in chronological order. […]
October 2, 2018

RE-THINKING HERMANUS HISTORY: ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A UNIQUE SOUTH AFRICAN TOWN PRESENTED BY ROBIN LEE

RE-THINKING HERMANUS HISTORY:  ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A UNIQUE SOUTH AFRICAN TOWN PRESENTED BY ROBIN LEE MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 VENUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL TIME: 16.00 (REFRESHMENTS FROM 15.30) You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school (Stephen Ambrose) Historians and readers of […]