Much better day : less wind + almost continuous sunshine: but the glass has risen too rapidly + the atmosphere was suspiciously clear. Yarrow was looking lovely. I had to go to Cramalt to see Mrs Hogg1 but first to Broomhill2 – 2 kids measles – + before that cycled to Mavisbank + Goslaw Green. Got back from Cramalt at 2 : had lunch + then motored to Rosemount, Gala (Marion Paton3) + Shawpark.4 Saw some town cases before 6. August holidays began. Wrote David.5 Stewart + Tim6 called + we opened the box of chocs that came from Wellwood at Xmas!
1 Isabella Hogg née Nichol, widow of John Hogg, died 22 May 1921, aged 82, at Cramilt [Cramalt], Yarrow, informant John Hogg, son, and certified by “John S Muir MB etc Selkirk”. The wife here must presumably be Mary Hogg née Nicol who had married John Hogg junior 23 May 1884 at Yarrow.
2 On 5 October Dr Muir noted that he had walked to “Broomhill (Mrs Graham, the County Surveyor’s wife)”. Mrs Graham was and continues to be unidentified but was the wife of William Graham, road surveyor and Tenant Occupier of a house and garden Broomhill, Selkirk [1922 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/386, Selkirk County, page 386 of 611].
3 Marion Paton (about 1841-1940), living with her sister Isabella Clementina ‘Isa’ Paton (about 1838-1929) “on their own means” after flitting to Galashiels in May 1918.
4 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.
5 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., Ch.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner.
6 Stewart Muir ‘Little Stewart’ Roberts (1908-2003) and George Edward ‘Tim’ Roberts (1911-2005), two of Dr Muir’s grandsons, youngest children of John Roberts junior and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir of Wellwood, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk.
[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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