No rain except in the early morning + at night. N.W. [wind]. Made eleven town calls walking + then for something to do, cycled to Tinnis Cottages (Robert Brockie1) + Yarrowfeus (Lizzie Murray2). Invited Nurse McIntosh3 + Miss Dickson4 to the V.A.D. excursion tomorrow. Wrote Kate Macdonald + Rennie The L.M.C.5 called on the way from Edinburgh + deposited a Pork pie + cream cheese, pot of cream + later called again with the news of her housemaid’s mother’s death6 + a large bunch of grapes.
1 Robert Brockie (1865-1930), ploughman, lived with his brother Thomas Brockie (1860-1929), woodman, at Tinnis Cottage, Yarrow, both born Fastheugh, Selkirk, the sons of John Brockie, shepherd, and Mary Brockie née Boa, married 1860 at Stow.
2 Elizabeth Murray, aged 50, a retired darner with Waddel & Turnbull, tweed manufacturer, was a boarder with Mary Turnbull at Yarrow Feus, 1921 Census.
3 Nurse McIntosh is so far unidentified. Nobody of that surname and occupation was recorded at Selkirk in the 1921 Census.
4 Miss Dickson is so far unidentified.
5 L.M.C. must be a variant of M.C. or ‘Magic Cave’ as Dr Muir had previously named Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946) of Elm Park, Selkirk.
6 Mrs Mackintosh’s housemaid is so far unidentified.
[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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