2016
September 9, 2016
Among the finished compositions that Berdine Luyt left in her papers is a file titled “Letters from Hermanus: 1942-1945”. The file contains 36 lengthy letters from Berdine Luyt, the eldest daughter of P John and Joey van Rhyn Luyt, owners of the Marine Hotel, Hermanus. Many servicemen stayed at the […]
August 19, 2016
The Photographic Museum is part of the Old Harbour Museum, which is itself a Provincial Museum, operating within the legislation and regulations of the Provincial Museum Services. It is housed in a small building within the space generally known as “Lemm’s Corner”. Hermanus was more aware of photography in its […]
July 20, 2016
Some of the more interesting historic sites in Hermanus are now ‘public spaces’. Usually this means that ownership vests in the Municipality, the public have access to the site at most times, maintenance is the Municipality’s responsibility. Yet, at the same time, many members of societies such as ours would […]
July 14, 2016
From the time the New Harbour opened in 1951 to about 1970, it was the base for a perlemoen boom. Divers flocked to Hermanus, with primitive apparatus they harvested large numbers of perlemoen and sold these to one of the six canning factories that opened in response to a huge […]