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“Our Stanfordians” No 4 – Jill Smith, of Pam Golding Properties

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 [...]


“Our Stanfordians” – No 3: Rosalind Nale of Galashiels Lodge

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 [...]


“Our Stanfordians” – No. 2: Peter and Jami Kastner, owners of Stanford Hills Estate

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 [...]


“Our Stanfordians” – No 1: Natalie Snyman

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 [...]