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April 11, 2018

Repaired Plaques on Hoy’s Graves – March 2018

I have posted a lot of information about Sir William Hoy and just want to tell you about an event that happened last Thursday, 22 March 2018. Hoy’s grave was an attraction from the start, as can be seen in the image of massed flowers on his grave not long […]

March 23, 2018

History of Hermanus hotels: The Marine Part Three

During the late seventies, The Marine was allowed to run down after a succession of managers were unable to keep up the standards of its glorious past. Its Swiss-born owner Werner Hinder, who had purchased the hotel in 1967, was glad to sell it to David Rawdon in 1980. David […]

March 19, 2018

Hotels, holidays and the Hermanus economy: Part Two

After the death, in 1940, of PJ Luyt, the hotelier who had turned The Marine into a highly successful and popular establishment, his resourceful widow Joey renamed the hotel as ‘Luyt’s Marine Hotel’. She managed it herself, with the help of her daughters and some dedicated staff, until 1947. By […]

March 19, 2018

Hotels, holidays and the Hermanus economy: Part One

Late in the 19th century a type of tourism began in Hermanus that would last for and influence five decades of life in Hermanus. Since then, tourism and the associated hotel industry has played a major role in all commercial activity in the town. It brought into town members of […]