11 July 1923 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

It was raining this morning + misty but calm. Warmer than yesterday + continued to be sultry. Of course I have very little to do now.1 I made half a dozen calls + motored to Shawpark,2 Beechwood + Pinegrove. Called at Wellwood + got the loan of a box from Jack.3 Paid some accounts + red [sic] up my money matters.

1 This was because Dr Graham has returned to the medical practice.

2 Dr Muir had been attending Shawpark, Selkirk from time to time to see John Dun Boylan (1850-1924), a civil engineer, who had a heart attack on 11 March 1923.

3 John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), Dr Muir’s son-in-law, lived at Wellwood, Ettrick Terrace.

[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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Archivist, interests include Dr John Stewart Muir 1845-1938) of Selkirk, general practitioner, and Seton Paul Gordon (1886–1977), naturalist, author and photographer

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