30 August 1919 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Cold N.W. wind : dull in forenoon : sunny after. Motored to Glebe Terrace, Forest Mill, Ettrick Mill, Sunderland Hall Stables + Lodge, Yair [and] Mavisbank. At latter little John Gray had fits. Saw him again at 4.30 + at 9. Made out list of good accounts + separated town + country. [word(s) deleted] Motored to Edinburgh with David Lumgair1 about a car the latter had bought + went to Lilliesleaf in afternoon.

1 David Lumgair (1889-1932); woollen manufacturer and older brother of Morris Lumgair

[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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