A hurricane from W. raged all day with alternating showers + shine. Message to Mrs Borthwick1, Hill Street, which I did + also Curror Street, Gib. + Lum.2, Mill Street + called for Nancy3 at 12.41. ‘Phone from Yarrow to see Mrs Scott, Greenwells.4 Motored there + called also for Adam Brunton.5 Was not out after lunch. Banked some money for firm + also for self. Was writing Dora when a letter arrived from her enclosing a photo of the matron + nurses.6
1 Mary Anne Morgan Borthwick née Lowden (1863-1927), wife of Peter Borthwick, shepherd. Born St Vigeans, Angus she had married 25 July 1895 at Dundee and they and their family lived at Hill Street, Selkirk.
2 Gibson & Lumgair, St Mary’s Mill, Level Crossing Road, Selkirk.
3 Dr Muir’s second daughter, Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948) had recently been diagnosed with Exophthalmic goitre or Graves Disease.
4 Mrs Scott is so far unidentified.
5 The ‘best guess’ is Adam Brunton of Catslackburn, Yarrow who was tenant of a cottage owned by Yarrow Parish Council.
6 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter, was living and working in Egypt.
[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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