Helen left this morning for Chorley1
Very strong S.W. wind but no rain to speak of: Sunless. Cycled in town + to Viewfield in afternoon. Left about 12.45 + cycled to Heatherlie, Yair Farm Cottage (Cairney2) + by the old road (of which I had to walk the first half it was so muddy + rutty) to Peelburnfoot. Found Michael G3 improving. Met his oldest son Willie4 who lives at Clydebank + is a painter. Got back to tea at 3.30. 120 gallons petrol arrived today. Tina Patrick5 had tea at Elmpark. Bella6 in bed with cystitis.
1 It is not revealed in Dr Muir’s diary why his daughter Helen went to Chorley, Lancashire
2 Unidentified but possibly William Cairney who was a domestic groom, aged 17, born Wigton, who was at Old Peel, Caddonfoot, 1911 Census
3 Michael Glendinning (c.1839-1922), tenant occupier, house and garden at Peelburnfoot, Caddonfoot, 1920 Valuation Roll and previously recorded as a farmer at Williamhope, Caddonfoot, 1911 Census
4 William ‘Willie’ Glendinning (1864-1943), master painter, died 1943 in Dunbartonshire
5 Christina Robertson ‘Tina’ Patrick née Rodger (c.1846-1924), daughter of Peter Rodger (1804-1888), of Selkirk, solicitor and local government official; married David Patrick, solicitor; of Hamilton but at Selkirk, 1901 Census
6 Isabella ‘Bella’ Paulin (1873-), Dr Muir’s housekeeper
[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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