If you've got time for some reading over the Christmas holidays, can I interest you in one of Gwulo's articles? I've listed the year's articles below to give you some ideas.

Thank you very much for subscribing to Gwulo, and special thanks to everyone who has shared their memories and research with us over the year.

I wish you a very Merry Christmas,

Regards, David

2010 ARTICLES:

We've seen the number of Hong Kong jurors rise steadily, but then in 1903 there's this sudden drop:

Tally for the outing: one cooking area in good condition, one partial, and a python.

Python? The walk started with a warning sign: a python had been seen in the area and I should look after my dog and small children. No dog, and the girls were at school, but it added a bit of excitement to the day. I planned to make use of the cool weather and go for a stomp around the undergrowth in the valley behind Quarry Bay. Pythons beware!

I was looking for more of the wartime cooking areas that were built around there.

What's on? A bunch of things if you like Hong Kong history...

1. See a cemetery, support Operation Santa

This Saturday and next (11th & 18th Dec) Paul Harrison (he of the RTHK history show) is giving guided tours of the HK Protestant Cemetery in Happy Valley.

If you've ever tried the "... more places" link over on the left of the page, I bet you've only tried it once. It was just about unuseable.

I'm pleased to say that the recent round of work in the boiler room has made it a lot better. I've just posted up the finished version, so I'll be grateful if you'll try it out and let me know if it works ok: "... more places". (It works fine in Internet Explorer 8, but it's still slower than I'd like. You'll get much better performance if you use FireFox.)