Same dull grey sky this morning but it got clearer after midday + was quite sunny Fromm between 2 + 3. Wind still very sharp from E. but less strong. David1 went to Ed. for the Eng.-Scot. International football match2 at which the Duke of York + his fiancé are to be present.3 I cycled to Curror Street, Dunsdale, Yarrow Terrace +c. Then Viewfield + Shawpark + then to Bewlie Mains4 + Lilliesleaf. Roads good. Helen5 busy cleaning Diningroom. Last month has been the wettest Feb. for 50 years. Old Mattie Mullins, Yarrow Terrace died today.6 I have cycled 120 miles in the last 8 days. I have cycled 120 miles in the last 8 days.
1 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
2 The Calcutta Cup rugby football match at Inverleith finished Scotland 6 : 8 England.
3 The match was attended by H.R.H. Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. Their marriage took place 26 April 1923.
4 Bewlie Mains, sometimes Bewliemains, Lilliesleaf.
5 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
6 Martha ‘Mattie’ Mullins (about 1838-1923), died 17 March 1923, aged 85, at Yarrow Terrace, Selkirk [1923 778 / 25 Selkirk].
[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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