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Later in 2021, I plan to spend time adding new features to the site. Here are some of my early ideas. I'll also welcome your input - please leave a comment below with your thoughts.

NB These are just ideas. I can guarantee not all of them will be implemented!

A. Better ways to navigate lots of content

Back in 2010 there just over 4,000 pages on Gwulo. We ended 2020 with over 44,000 pages. Are there ways to make it easier for visitors to find what they want?

A.1 Filters on maps?

Have I missed information on the Catholic Club? Is there a photo of it around the 1920s? I ask because my grandfather, Charles Warren had a debenture in it when he died in 1923 and it was probably where he went to socialise. I'd be grateful for dates and an address and any other information about it.

Hi. I am helping my husband in his photographic research and we have reached a dead end. I am hoping that someone on this Forum might be able to help.

Do you know which orphanages were open in Hong Kong in 1900? My grand mothe Elizabeth Alice Grimble and her 3 siblings were orphaned in 1900 when their father (Joseph Robert Grimble) died and we believe they entered an orphanage. We would therefore like to see if there are any records of them.

Hi,

I'm looking at the History of Bishop Hill underground reservoir, which has been in the news recently following a local community intervention to demoltion works (Link - https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3115849/century-old…).

I want to start by thanking you all for creating such a fascinating and insightful website. My grandmother lived in Hong Kong until she moved to England in 1960 or 61 when she was 20. She has been back to HK many times for holidays, but laments that she wishes she had stayed there. Of course I don’t mention that I wouldn’t have been born if she had stayed (I’m half Chinese and half white British)!

The lengthy fax would arrive about once a week, sent to all cricketers of the Chinese University, announcing an upcoming match and asking if we could play. Sent by the captain David Gilkes, the Bursar, who didn’t use email. A few days later, we would receive another fax, listing the players and the admonition to dress in white “to intimidate the opposition”, a strategy which rarely worked.