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Don’t forget the serviette ring…
Posted by Robyn Kadis on 15 September 2019 5:50 AM CAT
One of the countless things to do in Franschhoek, is learn about the village’s history.
Since arriving in this very historical village, my interest in history has increased a thousand fold. It was never my favourite subject at school because I have always struggled with remembering endless dates! But when you concentrate on only one area, and you live in it, the dates start to make sense and stick in the memory far easier.
The Franschhoek High School in Akademie Street is part of our Historical Village Walking Tour. The school was founded in 1850 and is not the oldest school in the country as some people mistakenly believe. This misconception comes from the fact that the French Huguenot’s insisted on bringing their own teacher with them when they ventured down south to this new world and when they arrived in Franschhoek in 1688, it was the first time that children were brought together as a group and were taught by a teacher and given actual lessons. Until then they were “educated” at home on the farms, although I doubt they were very well educated at all. So this was the first form of schooling in the country but the actual Franschhoek High School as we know it today did not come into existence for almost 200 years after that.
