23 February 1919 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Fog has lifted today + although not sunny there were glimpses of the blue. There was little to do + no County work. Being Norah’s birthday Dav. [Dr Graham] wanted to be at home1 + I did most of what little town work there was + Briarbank 10 cases in all. Went to evening service. Jack + Nancy at supper2.

1 Norah Campion Graham née West (1887-1971) and her husband (and Dr Muir’s co-partner) Dr David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), medical practitioner

2 John Roberts junior ‘Jack’ (1876-1966); mill owner and Provost of Selkirk, later knighted “for political and public services in Selkirkshire” [Supplement to the London Gazette 1 June 1953 page 2941] and his wife Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/22, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1919]

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Archivist, interests include Dr John Stewart Muir 1845-1938) of Selkirk, general practitioner, and Seton Paul Gordon (1886–1977), naturalist, author and photographer

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