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| Author: | Luyt, Aletta Barendina (Berdine) |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Title: | Luyt’s Marine: a diary of the years 1942-1947 |
| Place: | Hermanus |
| Publisher: | Hermanus History Society |
Edited and with a foreword by Dr Robin Lee.
Description from Selectbooks:
Well written and entertaining, this diary provides an interesting overview of running the Marine Hotel and at the same time, of the village of Hermanus. The war years brought sadness, and even direct involvement in the conflict (a vessel was sunk off Walker Bay and the survivors were brought ashore). Regular guests, functions at the hotel, parties, cabarets, dinners and cocktail parties are described. The Luyt family sold the hotel in 1947 and the four daughters of John and Joey Luyt (who owned both the Marine and the Riviera Hotels) dispersed around South Africa. |
Towns linked to this book| Hermanus, Western Cape. pp All |
Buildings linked to this bookMarine Hotel, n.d. : 1924, Hermanus, Western Cape. pp  |
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