21 June 1922 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Branch meeting at Galashiels. Motored over at 12. Three Edin. men arrived by rail but the majority motored. We lunched at the Douglas Hotel¹ + then split up. Most went golfing: 9-10 (including Menzies², Hiddleston³ + me) motored to Dryburgh. A man Thorburn⁴ took me + 2 others in his car. We had a heavy shower at Bemersyde + another as we got back to Gala, returning via Bowden Toll + Darnick. The meeting was held in the Technical College after tea + I was installed by the President. Dav.⁵ motored me back. Hamilton from Roslin, my cousin’s son was there⁶. The whole thing passed off very well but I wish it had been a nicer day. McMillan⁷ got the first golf prize + Crutchlow⁸ the 2^nd.

¹ Assume the Douglas Hotel, 49-57 Channel Street, Galashiels

² James Morris Menzies (1871-1926), M.B., Ch.M. Edin., 1894, M.D., 1902, medical practitioner, of Ettrick Lodge, Selkirk

³ John Murray Hiddleston (1891-1954), L.R.C.P.S., L.R.F.P.S., medical practitioner, invalided out of the Royal Navy in 1916 he purchased the Selkirk Panel and Private practice of Dr John Wilson (about 1873-1916)

⁴ Thorburn is unidentified

⁵ David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner

⁶ Dr William Hamilton (1886-), M.C., M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner Proprietor Occupier of a house Stanley Lodge, Roslin, Lasswade, Midlothian; he was the son of William Hamilton, farmer, and Amelia or Aimie Wilson Hamilton née Muir (about 1850-1920), daughter of John Muir, draper, and Charlotte Muir née Fleming

⁷ Assume John James McMillan (1879-1953), M.D., M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner, of St John’s, Melrose.

⁸ Charles Adolphus Crichlow (1882-1966), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner, born Trinidad, W.I., son of Thomas Crichlow, general merchant, and Mary Margaret Crichlow née Achong, he qualified after “a distinguished academic career” at Glasgow University (awarded the Sir Thomas Beatson prize for surgery), after resident posts at Edinburgh and Glasgow he was Assistant Medical Officer, later Medical Superintendent, to Roxburgh District Asylum, Melrose, 1911-1922, and Deputy Medical Superintendent to Edinburgh District Asylum, Bangour, Dechmont, West Lothian, 1922-1947 [“C. A. Crichlow, M.B., Ch.B.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 5502, 1966, pp. 1547–1547. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25408239. Accessed 15 Apr. 2023.]

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/25, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1922]