Weather much the same – cold sunless but dry. N.N.W. [wind] Saw a town list of eight + spent the afternoon at Record + Summary Cards + finished [the letter] M. Helen1 went by train to Galashiels at 6 to some meeting connected with Girl Guides. Letter from Dora2 saying she is “fed up” with Craigleith3 + is thinking of going to London!
1 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
2 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter.
3 Craigleith, Edinburgh, opened 1868 as the Craigleith Poorhouse and Hospital and later known as the Western General Hospital.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/25, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1922]
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