January 2022

In the early 20th century, Hermanus became famous for another kind of ‘fishing’, which also had economic consequences. More accurately, it is referred to as ‘angling.’ Angling involved another level of society, being practised by middle- and upper-class males. Angling meant individual fishermen, not crews. They fished off the rocks […]

It’s not easy to think about events 76 years ago. But we are lucky enough to have a vivid story of the night before Xmas in the year that World War II came at last to an end. The Luyt family owned and managed the Marine throughout the war years, […]

For tourists, the Cliff Path is another of the town’s attractions, to be enjoyed without needing to consider how it got there. For residents, a walk along it is a soothing and restful experience, away from the day’s cares. For the historian it speaks of 58 years of events that […]

We have several words in English to refer to places where we bury our dead: burying ground, burial place, graveyard, churchyard and cemetery, for example. In the history of Hermanus, different terms have been used at different times. It also appears that different places have been used as cemeteries at […]