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

Quite a hard frost + a practically cloudless day. I felt a very little stiffness after yesterday’s walk. Walked to Heatherliehill1, Chapel Street [and] Backrow. Was not at church at all but spent the day sending away Xmas Greetings + Cards to the number of 34. Was down at Elmpark2 for a short time. Erskine left the Home.3

1 Dr Muir had seen John Pollok (1858-1938), sometime Town Clerk and Procurator Fiscal, living at Heatherlie Hill, Selkirk, the day before.

2 Dr Muir’s good friend Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946) of Elm Park, Selkirk.

3 James Erskine Harper (1887-1953) had been staying at Viewfield, the Muir and Graham medical partnership’s nursing home. He was the son of Ebenezer Erskine Harper, sheriff substitute, and Agnes Harper née Watson later Mackintosh.

[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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