Members Meeting Archive

May 2, 2018
Members on site visit to Greyton 14 May 2018

HISTORY EXCURSION TO GREYTON WITH FELICITY JERVIS

(Felicity is the authority on the history of Greyton dating back to khoi tribes and Dutch occupation) MONDAY 14 MAY 2018 TIME 9.45 – 10. 00 Arrival and coffee/tea serving. Hand out  walking and car route maps and town brochures..Have R25 ready for tea/coffee. 10-00 – 10.15 Introduction and historical background at […]
February 27, 2018

The Selected Letters of Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1904-1910). A Tale of Courage and Obstinacy

SPEAKER: DR. ELIZABETH VAN HEYNINGEN This presentation will focus on the post-war letters of ex-President Steyn. He had gained great prestige amongst Afrikaners during the South African (Anglo-Boer) War because of his determination not to surrender. However, at the end of the war he was struck down by a paralysis […]
February 5, 2018

Heart and Home report

Tesselaarsdal the village and Peter Clarke, the South African Artist Site visit MONDAY 15 May 2017, 9am -1pm.  (Reported in Members Meetings in this website)       Angela Heslop visited the Peter Clarke Art Centre in Newlands Cape Town and learnt of an educational visual arts project to schools in Ocean View, […]
September 28, 2017
hermanus history society

Aberdeen Street in history – 1870 to 2017

On 24 September South Africa celebrated Heritage Day. But regrettably, Hermanus has consistently destroyed its heritage of domestic residential buildings, most of which were in the fisherman’s cottage style. Not one of the streets in central Hermanus looks at all as it did originally, but Aberdeen Street is one of […]