Dry mild with S.W. wind [and] very slight drizzle in forenoon but no sunshine. Made altogether 18 town calls. Got on my bike for the first time since November 10th + went to the Linglie – Sunderland March + back by Bridge Street. Roads very muddy : called at Viewfield1 for Erskine Harper.2 Nancy3 took Susan Richards4 + Helen5 for a run to Innerleithen + went with H. + Mrs Mack6 to the A.L.S. performance.7
1 Viewfield, the Muir and Graham medical partnership’s nursing home at the top of Viewfield Park and immediately behind the Victoria Halls.
2 James Erskine Harper (1887-1953), son of Ebenezer Erskine Harper, sheriff substitute, and Agnes Harper née Watson later Mackintosh.
3 Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter.
4 Susan Richards was an otherwise unidentified member of The Arts League of Service, see footnote 7.
5 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
6 Dr Muir’s good friend Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946) of Elm Park, Selkirk.
7 The Arts League of Service was appearing in Selkirk, see Dr Muir’s diary entry for 10 December 1923.
[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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