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August 9, 2010 in "Our Stanfordians" Interviews, Stanford Alive!, Uncategorized
Tags: angels, Brian and Jill Smith, East London, Estate Agency Board, FBI, Fountainhead Guest House, Fred Hatman, Galashiels Lodge, gif appeltjie, hatman, interior design, Jill Smith, Johannesburg, ley lines, Our Stanfordians, Pam Golding Properties, Pam Golding Stanford, PGP brand, SA-positive, Sagittarian, South African Breweries, Stanford, Stanford South Africa, stenographer, The Joy of Giving, Women's Day | 1 Comment »
In this, the fourth of my occasional interviews with interesting people who live in my home village of Stanford in the Western Cape, I ask the “Big Five” questions of Jill Smith, who runs the local agency of Pam Golding Properties. It is fitting that I publish this interview today, on Women’s Day, because Jill [...]
June 28, 2010 in "Our Stanfordians" Interviews, SA-positive, Stanford Alive!
Tags: Bone Snatcher, Brian and Jill Smith, Coffee on the Rocks, De Kelders, Fred Hatman, Galashiels Lodge, Grant Nale, Griffin Nale, Hermanus, Kingsmead Girls College, Our Stanfordians, Rosalind Nale, Roz Nale, SA-positive, Stanford, Stanford accommodation, The Stanford Galleries Art Cafe, Tiffindell ski resort, Western Cape accommodation | No Comments »
In the third of my weekly interviews with the beautiful characters of my home village of Stanford (Western Cape), I posed the “Big Five” questions to Rosalind “Roz” Nale of the homelier-than-home Galashiels Lodge, a family-run guesthouse in the middle of town. Here she is… FH: Please give us a little personal background, Roz. Where [...]
June 12, 2010 in "Our Stanfordians" Interviews, SA-positive, Stanford Alive!, Uncategorized
Tags: Cape Town, Cino Gironi, Cristina Storm, Ed O'Riley, flowers, Fred Hatman, fynbos, grappa, Hermanus, Jacksons, Jacksons Pinotage, Jaco van Zijverden, Jami Kastner, Kfm radio, Lolly Jackson, olive oil, Our Stanfordians, Peter Kastner, Platter Guide, Rhenish Girls High, SA-positive, Stanford, Stanford accommodation, Stanford Hills Estate, Stellenbosch, strip club, Teazers, Veritas awards, Weltevrede Farm, Western Cape, Wine magazine, wines, Zebra Crossing | 1 Comment »
Here’s the second of my weekly interviews with the very interesting people of our paradisical village of Stanford. You might need to be told that Stanford is a small village, the third-best preserved Victorian village in the Western Cape, 23km beyond Hermanus on the R43 heading up the east coat from Cape Town. Blissful is [...]
June 4, 2010 in "Our Stanfordians" Interviews, SA-positive, Stanford Alive!, Uncategorized
Tags: Cape Town, Country Life magazine, Estate Agents Board, Fred Hatman, Greyton, Hermanus, Kevin Husk, Mariana's, Montagu, Natalie Snyman, NG Kerk, Overberg, property, SA-positive, Stanford, Stanford Village Properties, Sunset Market, Tamboerskloof, The Big Five, The Plaat, The Stanford Arms, The Stanfordians, Western Cape | 1 Comment »
Welcome to the first in my weekly series of “The Stanfordians”, interviews with interesting people with whom I share the spectacularly beautiful Western Cape village of Stanford. This is a special place with special people. You may have already read me banging on here about the unique vibe of Stanford. If you have, you will [...]