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A look at the most popular pages from ten years ago.
#10 - RAF Mount Davis [????-1959] (33,416 views)
If I asked you to name a military site on Mount Davis, you'd probably pick one of the Jubilee or Mount Davis Batteries. But Mount Davis was also home to the RAF, as after WW2 they had a team of men operating a radar station there.
I've just finished adding another old paper map to Gwulo's online maps. I'll come back to the map itself in a future newsletter, but this week I'll take a look at what went on behind the scenes.
1. Decide on what type of map should be next
We've had several posts about Kowloon sites recently, eg the New Kowloon City Road, and the Kai Tak Reclamation, so I wanted to add another map of Kowloon.
Mail, maps, and movies make the Top Ten list for 2009.
#10 - The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) (38,997 views)
This was the one where Roger Moore as 007 visited the British MI6 office in the wreck of the old RMS Queen Elizabeth. Phil explores the locations for this and other scenes in the film that were shot in Hong Kong.
You've been busy!
In the two weeks since the last New on Gwulo you've added over 400 pages, photos, and comments. I've listed some of the highlights below, but you can visit the What's New page at any time to see the latest additions to the site.
General
After seeing Air Raid shelters in the 2006 and 2007 Top Ten lists, they don't make a showing in the list for 2008. You don't escape my fondness for tunnels completely though - see number 4 !
#10 - Martin Booth's 'Golden Boy' : Further information (29,135 views)
In Martin Booth's final book - titled Gweilo or Golden Boy depending on the market - he re-lives his childhood in 1950s Hong Kong. His adventures and the colourful characters he meets are a very enjoyable read, especially for anyone who who has lived in Hong Kong.