Clear in early morning but soon clouded + rained more or less till ? well on in afternoon. Saw a few walking + then motored to Buccleuch Road, Rockville, Lilliesleaf, Greendemain1 + Henhouse + after lunch to Forest Road, Muthag Street, Firs, Newarkburn + Yarrow Hall. Wrote Mary2 that Helen3 + I would be with her on July 16.4 Sent Jessie Hayes5 P.C. [post card] to tell her that Rob Sword6 has a litter of Black Cockers. Had a meeting in the hayloft of cyclists when the Selkirk Cycle Club was inaugurated, officials appointed + rules approved.
1 Greendemains, the stiff ascent (if travelling southwards) between Braw Gates and Brown Moor Heights running through indicative grid reference NT471,252.
2 Mary Jane Wallace née Muir (1836-1933), Dr Muir’s sister, who Dr Muir and Helen were preparing to visit in July 1923.
3 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
4 There is some sort of superscript notation here that the Editor has not tried to reproduce.
5 Jessie Geddes Thomson Hayes née Muir (1860-1930), daughter of Alexander Muir and thus Dr Muir’s niece.
6 Presumably Robert Sword (1883-1941), caretaker at Selkirk Social Institute, recorded living with his family at 51 High Street, Selkirk in the 1921 Census. By coincidence however the Southern Reporter’s reports on the Selkirk Common Riding (21 June 1923) refers to Robert Sword of Linthithgow (who is otherwise unidentified) representing the Lothian Souters.
[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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