4 April 1920 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

It was lighter today + less fog but no sunshine + a dropping rain all day though never heavy. There was less wind N.E. Was at both morning + evening service + only saw 4 town cases. David [Graham] was at Midgehope + Ramsaycleuch + after getting home had to go to Altrieve. He + his sister Isa, a very pretty girl just back from India, came to supper with Jack, Nancy, Barb. + Jock1. Jack was bilious + had to leave the supper table + go home.

1 John ‘Jack’ Roberts and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir and two of their children Andrina Henderson ‘Barbara’ and John ‘Jock’ Roberts

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/23, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1920]

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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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