S.W. showery, fresh : fair + starry at night. Made 23 calls including Shawpark1 + Henhouse2 all walking. Paid Currie for my new combies3 : G. T. Scott, Grierson + Taylor + plate glass Insur4. Put plaster of Paris bandage on Geo. Smith’s little girl.5 Got everything ready for Prestwick tomorrow.6
1 Shawpark, Selkirk, home of John Dun Boylan (1850-1924), civil engineer and acquaintance of Dr Muir.
2 Henhouse is beyond the south end of Haining Loch, Selkirk, grid reference NGR NT469,271.
3 Robert Currie had a set of combinations made for Dr Muir at Hawick, see diary entry for 28 February 1923.
4 The other references are as yet unidentified.
5 George Smith’s daughter is so far unidentified.
6 Dr Muir was intending to travel to Ladyton, Prestwick, Ayrshire for the birthday celebrations of his brother-in-law the Reverend James Rennie (1826-1924).
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/26, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1923]
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