9 December 1923 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Had this been June not December it would have [been] a glorious day. There was keen frost, perfect calm + cloudless sky. Roads grand for walking. Before church I walked sharply to Bridge Street + Dunsdale + after service to Hartwoodburn.1 Did some writing in afternoon. Supped at Wellwood2 + when we left it was mild + drizzling.

1 Hartwoodburn, Selkirk, grid reference NGR NT47201,26701, visible on Ordnance Survey six inch Selkirkshire Sheet XII.SW & SE, published 1900.

2 Wellwood, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk, home of Dr Muir’s daughter Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948) and her husband John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), 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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Archivist, interests include Dr John Stewart Muir 1845-1938) of Selkirk, general practitioner, and Seton Paul Gordon (1886–1977), naturalist, author and photographer

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