It was not surprising to see a powdering of snow on the hills this morning but for all that, though it was decidedly cold, it wasn’t quite as sharp as yesterday. I went motoring for David1 to Whitefield2 (Scott who used to be at Howford Hill3), B’Meadows Cottage4, Newarkburn + Carterhaugh + then to Sprot Homes5 from which I sent Baptie6 to Lilliesleaf to ask if there were any messages but there were none. I made up the Combined Ledger + day book to March 31st + sent it to David as he apparently wants control of the whole thing. Helen7 walked to Middlestead.8
1 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
2 James Scott, shepherd, was Tenant Occupier not rated at Whitefield, Whitehope Farm, Yarrow, approximate grid reference NGR NT356,279.
3 Howford Hill, Kirkhope, property grid reference NT397,233.
4 Broadmeadows Cottage, Selkirk, grid reference NT411,302, home of John Brown known as Scott (about 1877-1923), ploughman, and Maggie Elizabeth Hawkins (1878-1933) who had married 10 June 1904 at the Manse, Lilliesleaf.
5 Six almshouses provided by the Miss Frances Sprot Trust endowed in 1881 by Miss Frances Sprot and formally known as the Miss Frances Sprot Homes.
6 Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir.
7 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
8 Middlestead, Selkirk, grid reference NGR NT452,264.
[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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