2019
October 10, 2019
Writer Elaine Davie Today is tomorrow’s yesterday’ is an old adage which indicates the fluidity of history. It is not an event, a time-span, an era; rather, it’s an ever-turning wheel connecting people and places, repeating itself in predictable patterns through time and place. And this, of course, is what […]
October 10, 2019
9 October 2019 This year, the coveted Achiever of Excellence Lifetime Award went to Dr Robin Lee and his wife Dr Anina Lee. This award is presented to people who have made a positive and lasting impression in the Overstrand over many years. The couple have both contributed enormously to […]
October 10, 2019
Catholic Church Hall: refreshments 15.30, meeting 16.00 HOW TO DO AND PRESENT LOCAL HISTORY – A presentation by Robin Lee This illustrated presentation will deal with the following questions: What is ‘local history’? What are the focal points needed in researching local history? What aspects of general history are also […]
October 9, 2019
Writer Dr Robin Lee One of the frequent visitors to Hermanus in the early 20th century was James Douglas Logan (1857–1920). A writer has called him ‘the ideal colonist’, and that is true. In the mid-to late-Victorian era, Britain produced colonists in large numbers. The essential components were: an interrupted […]