2 February 1904 diary of Dr John Stewart Muir (1845-1938) of Selkirk

Rose 5.30

A cold raw day with E. wind + occasional rain. More snow on hills. Drove to Philiphaugh Mill, Firs, Yair, Nest, Bridgelands, Hospital +c + got home at 3. At 6.30 got ‘Phone from Isabella Brydon to see her mother.¹ Baptie² drove me over with Macaulay.³ Jack⁴ rode him in the morning to the Meet of Plummer’s hounds⁵ at Lindean School⁶ but did not hunt.

¹ Isabella Brydon née Howie (about 1841-1904), the wife of Adam Brydon, farmer, lived at 21 Abbotsford Road, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.

² Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir.

³ Macaulay was one of Dr Muir’s horses, see diary entries for 11^th February 2024.

⁴ John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), Dr Muir’s son-in-law.

⁵ Assume Charles Henry Scott Plummer (1859-1948), J.P., of Middlestead and Sunderland Hall, sometime Lord-Lieutenant of Selkirk.

⁶ Lindean School is visible just below Lindean farmstead on Ordnance Survey six inch Selkirkshire Sheet VIII.SW, published 1900.

It has not been possible to post the usual image. It is hoped to correct this tomorrow.

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]