Remembering a part of Hout Bay's rich history

In 1975, the chairman of the Hout Bay Library Committee, Jimmy Steele, set up a committee to organise a cultural festival in Hout Bay. Pam was asked to represent Llandudno.

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Her portfolio on the committee was to set up exhibitions on “The History of Llandudno”, “Early man in Hout Bay” and “Shipwrecks along our coast line”. The festival was to run for one week and at the end of the week, all loaned items were returned to their owners.

The festival was a great success and had proved that the people of Hout Bay and Llandudno had much to be proud of and to preserve. Jimmy Steele called a meeting to put forward the idea of creating a museum for Hout Bay. A committee was formed of those interested. Pam was on that committee.

By 1978 the present building, which had been standing empty, was cleaned and painted by the Lions Club and rented from the Kronendal School Board for a peppercorn rent of R1 per annum.

A Board of Trustees was formed and Pam was appointed curator in September 1978. She began work in an empty house without even a table or a chair.