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October 10, 2019

Stalwarts receive recognition at Mayoral Awards Ceremony

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

HOW TO DO AND PRESENT LOCAL HISTORY

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

James Douglas Logan, the ‘ideal colonist’

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 […]

September 11, 2019

People are living there – a story of resilience

Writer Elaine Davie Before the holiday makers and the tourists, before the seaside mansions, the art galleries and the restaurants, there were the fisher folk of Hermanus. Without them the town would not have existed. Yet in the history of the region, their rich and poignant story has largely been […]