Dense fog in morning.
Weathercock round to S. + then S.W. + in the afternoon there was strongish wind which raised the dust. It was milder but duller. Walked to Brydon, Library1, Wallace, Ashybank2 + Shawpark3 + went to morning service service after which I cycled to Ettrickhaugh Road + Cannon Street. Wrote Dora.4 Sent Jean5 Dora’s last letter. Had to run out to Shawpark again in evening as Boylan had one of his heart attacks. Helen6 + I supped at Wellwood.7
1 John Brydon (about 1867-), joiner, lived at the Free Library Buildings, Selkirk with his wife Mary Brydon née Grieve (about 1875-) and daughter Mary Davidson Brydon (1907-) [1921 Census].
2 Wallace at Ashybank is so far unidentified.
3 Shawpark, Selkirk was the home of John Dun Boylan (1850-1924), civil engineer and acquaintance of Dr Muir who was present when Boylan had a heart attack on xx March 1923.
4 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter was en route to Port Said (بورسعيد , Egypt) with Isabella Donald on S.S. Oxfordshire, official number 131454 en route Liverpool – Marseilles – Port Said – Colombo – Rangoon, departing Liverpool 2 March 1923 [source: UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Liverpool, 2 March 1923].
5 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter.
6 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
7 Wellwood, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk, home of Dr Muir’s daughter Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948) and her family.
[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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