It had rained during the night but kept fair till midday after which it rained continuously with a strong S.W. wind. It is most melancholy weather. I motored to Riddell West Lodge and Lilliesleaf (old Leitch1 with Epistaxis2) + then from Chester Knowe3 walked to Curling + Whitmuihall getting there fortunately before the rain came on. Jean4 left at 2.39. She took a lot of flowers with her.5 I saw one or two town cases. Got letter from Helen6 who says she will not be later of getting home than October 9th!
1 George Leitch (about 1840-1924), ploughman (presumably retired), supposedly born Smailholm, Roxburghshire, was recorded at Ashybank, Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire living with his daughter Isabella Scott Leitch.
2 Nose bleed.
3 The Editor assumes that this refers to Chesterknowes, Bowden, Roxburghshire.
4 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s widowed eldest daughter, living in Edinburgh.
5 Presumably from Dr Muir’s garden..
6 Helen Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper, was evidently still away, presumably at Haslemere in Surrey, having travelled to there with Dr Muir on 16th July.
[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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