Things were wet this morning but there was only a slight drizzle + the weather gradually improved + the glass rose rapidly till in the afternoon it was sunny, but there was a very strong westerly gale + the river [Ettrick Water] was in high flood. Paid [?] a town round walking + motored to Beechwood + Shawpark + then to Heatherlie [illegible] where a boy Smith1 had a Potts frac.2 Wrote Jean.3 Letter from Helen4 + Stewart5 + Tim6 looked in.
1 Smith is unidentified.
2 A Pott’s fracture is a type of ankle fracture.
3 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s widowed eldest daughter, living and working in Newington, Edinburgh.
4 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and housekeeper.
5 Stewart Muir ‘Little Stewart’ Roberts (1908-2003), son of John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir.
6 George Edward ‘Tim’ Roberts (1911-2005), son of John Roberts junior and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir. Later a mill owner.
[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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