I succeeded today in reaching but not in exceeding my cycling record of 120 miles. It was a perfect morning when I left at 4.45. The sun was just above the horizon + the slight wind from N.E. I got to Peebles in 13/4 hours. There the decorations of were Beltane day festival still apparent1. Going via Harestanes2 I reached Biggar at 8.20. My only dismount was at Kirkurd to pass some cows. Breakfasted at Clydesdale Arms3 + then ran on to Douglas4 where I managed to get a Scotsman. It was a lovely day + fairly clear. Took the Glespin – Abington road + had some walking, rested at the top for a smoke + read the paper. Rapid run down to the Sanquhar road. Had a glass of beer + bread + cheese at Crawfordjohn + gained the main R [road]. Came back via Culter5. Had tea at the Tontine6, Peebles after being refused at the Cleikum Inn7 + reached home via Lindean at 9.30. Comfortably tired. The wind, though slight, told a little against me on the homeward journey but I rode right up to the O.B. Road8.
1 Peebles’ Beltane Festival is the third week in June
2 Old Harestanes is at grid reference NGR NT123,441 so Dr Muir appears to have gone through Kirkurd
3 The Editor has been unable to identify or locate the Clydesdale Arms
4 Douglas, grid reference NS834,308, via Glespin, NS810,283, then SSE to Duneaton Water and the B740 (the Sanquhar road) at NS864,222 where Dr Muir turned east towards Crawfordjohn, NS879,237, after which he would have regained the Carlisle – Edinburgh road at Abington, NS931,233
5 Culter, now Coulter, Lanarkshire, just south west of Biggar, grid reference NT023,339
6 The Tontine Hotel, High Street, Peebles
7 The Cross Keys Inn or Cleikum Inn, Northgate, Peebles, a 17th Century Inn well known to Sir Walter Scott
8 The Old Bridge Road, Selkirk; in other words Dr Muir cycled 120 miles and on his return pedalled almost to the top of Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk, before dismounting and walking his bicycle part, if not all of, the last couple of hundred yards home, he was 76 …
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
A most extraordinary change from yesterday. The morning was dull + cloudy + a cold N.E. wind was blowing. It was impossible to seat out + there was a difference of 160 in the temp. of my room. Towards evening the sun shone + the wind fell. I did almost nothing. Cycled to Ashybank, Forest Road + Kirkwynd. Was twice at church. Wrote Jean1, John Moir2 + John McDougal3 + Dr Gray4 [?]. Paid my premium to Ed. Life + ordered some Burgundy port + Marsala from Godfree5.
1 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter
2 John Wilson Moir (1843-1926), M.D., medical practitioner, sometime of St Andrew’s, Fife, see also diary entry for 24 June 1921
3 Dr John McDougal was one of Dr Muir’s oldest friends, see also diary entry for 24 June 1921
4 Dr Gray is not identified
5 Godfree is not identified
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
This has been decidedly the hottest day this summer. There was barely any wind. It was delightful in the garden at sunset + I sat out in the garden without a hat. There was very little to do. I cycled in town + to Faldonside. Both of yesterday’s confinements doing well1. There is the most magnificent display of foxgloves where the wood has been cut down at Faldonside. Crissie Patrick2 came. Dora3 met her with the car at Galashiels. It was her first visit to Selkirk.
1 Two babies, Doris Moncaster and Joseph Graham, had been born the day previous, see diary entry for 24 June 1921
2 Christina Robertson Rodger ‘Christy’ or ‘Chrissie’ Patrick (1891-1960), daughter of Christina Robertson ‘Tina’ Patrick née Rodger and David Patrick, solicitor, of Hamilton
3 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
Breakfasted early to go to Oakwood but before starting 2 confinement’s turned up viz. Mrs J Graham (Alice Walker1), Dunsdale Cottages + Mrs Moncaster2, Faldonside. Dav. went down to latter + got her over about 10.303. I called for Mrs Graham + went on to Oakwood cycling that Linton4 had died last night. Came back by Yarrow to Yarrow Terrace. Dav. saw Mrs Graham + got her over at 2.305. I saw some town cases + left at 4.14 for Edinburgh in the car to attend the Residents Club dinner6. There were 80 there. Found that McDougal7 + Moir8 had been entered in the list as dead by mistake. Caird9 was chairman. I sat between Gulland10 + Rainy11. Spoke to McKay12, Scot Skirving13, Pussy Stewart14, Wade15, Cumming16, James17 + Fordyce18. Very pleasant evening. Recited “The Pill”19 + was introduced to a nephew of Fergus20. Left at 11.20 + came out by Gala reaching home at 1.40. We went in by Lasswade, Bonnyrigg, Liberton + Grange Loan.
1 Alison Jeffrey Lyall ‘Alice’ Graham née Walker, wife of Thomas William Graham, hosiery millworker
2 Frances Martha Moncaster née Batty (1991-1968), born Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire, wife of John Norman Moncaster, a chauffeur – presumably to the Dees family – though that was not his long-term work and by the 1939 England and Wales Register the family was back in Yorkshire running a poultry farm
3 Doris Moncaster, born 24 June 1921, at Faldonside, Galashiels, daughter of John Norman Moncaster, chauffeur (domestic), and Frances Martha Moncaster née Batty; the parents had married at Husthwaite, Yorkshire, 1916 [1921, 775/ 176, Galashiels, and Moncaster and Batty, Dec Quarter 1916, Easingwold 9d 771]
4 Simon Linton (1836–1921), farmer, latterly of Oakwood, Selkirk, died 23 June 1921, aged 85; he was buried at Kirkton Manor, Roxburghshire and left £69,211 [death 1921, 778/ 43, Selkirk]
5 Joseph Graham, born 24 June 1921, at 10 Dunsdale Cottages, Selkirk, son of Thomas William Graham, hosiery millworker, domicile 7 Union Street, Hawick, and Alison Jeffrey Lyall ‘Alice’ Graham née Walker; the parents had married 31 December 1920 at Selkirk [1921, 778/53, Selkirk]
6 The Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Old Residents’ Club
7 Dr John McDougal was one of Dr Muir’s oldest friends and when James Ramsay died in 1915 Dr Muir commented “Thus is severed another of the four remaining links between now and my student days. I last heard from “Ram” on Dec 26 when he signed himself “one of your oldest and most affectionate friends”. McDougal, Brunton and Rabagliati are the only remaining ones.” diary entry for Thursday 4 February 1915 [Heritage Hub SBA/657/18/7]
8 John Wilson Moir (1843-1926), M.D., medical practitioner, sometime of St Andrew’s, Fife, was referred to by Dr Muir on Sunday 15 July 1917 “Put up a doz Reporters for friends including Blair, Jedburgh & Moir, St Andrews & Wilson, Doncaster” [Heritage Hub SBA/657/20/6]
9 Francis Mitchell Caird (1853-1926), Professor; medical practitioner, sometime Regius Professor of Clinic Surgery at Edinburgh University and near-contemporary of Dr Muir at Edinburgh medical school
10 George Lovell Gulland (1862-1941), C.M.G., M.D., F.R.C.P., Professor of Medicine, Edinburgh University
11 Rainy is not yet identified
12 McKay is not yet identified
13 Archibald Adam Scott Skirving (1869-1930), M.B., C.M., lecturer in Clinical Surgery, Royal Edinburgh Infirmary
14 William James ‘Pussy’ Stuart (1873-1959), C.B.E., M.B., F.R.C.S.Ed., medical practitioner, consultant surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and sometime president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; Born 17 December 1873, at 7 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh (but not registered until 6 March 1874), the son of the Reverend Doctor John Stuart, Minister of St Andrew’s Parish, Edinburgh, and Jessie Stuart née Duncan, married 14 May 1867 at Edinburgh. Sources: Statutory BMDs; the British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 5122, 1959, pp. 652–652. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25386853http://www.jstor.org/stable/25386853. Accessed 31 Oct. 2022.
15 Assume Sir Henry Wade (1876-1955), PRCSE FRSE DSO CMG, Scottish military and urological surgeon
16 Dr Cumming is not yet identified but is conceivably the Major Cumming, M.O. of the 9th Royal Scots, who is referred to a number of times in Dr Muir’s 1914-1918 diaries
17 Perhaps Alexander James M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., 1889
18 William Fordyce (1863-1941), M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., F.R.C.O.G., consulting gynaecologist, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
9 Dr Muir’s recital ‘The Pill’ is from ‘Fancies of a Physician, Medical and Otherwise, in Scots and English’, Brown Son & Ferguson, Glasgow, 1938 by Dr John Freeland Fergus (1865-1943) [see also Mason, Sir David and James Beaton. “The Fergus Family and the Scottish Royal Colleges.” Scottish Medical Journal, vol. 54, issue. 2, RSMSMJ, 2009, pp. 48–51, https://doi.org/10.1258/rsmsmj.54.2.48.%5D
20 The Editor is so intrigued by the shared interests and language of Dr Muir and Dr John Fergus, author of ‘Fancies of a Physician’, 1938, that he has ordered what seems to be the only available copy for sale in the hope that, if it does not solve this particular question, it may identify other of Dr Muir’s recital pieces; the Editor has quoted (and cited) with gratitude a large part of the biography of Fergus from the Scottish Medical Journal here: “John Freeland Fergus (1865-1943), known as John Fergus, he was the third and youngest son of Andrew Fergus … He was born in Glasgow in 1865 and was educated at the High School and then at the University of Glasgow, where he graduated MA in 1883, MB CM in 1888, proceeding MD in 1897. After graduating in medicine, he studied at medical schools in Jena and Vienna before returning to Glasgow. Thereafter, his professional career was spent in practice and as a physician, latterly attached to Glasgow Royal Infirmary … John Fergus was a very modest man, both about his professional attainments and poetic gifts. He characterised some of his poems as “trivial verses”. The poems were, however, greatly appreciated when he recited them at medical and social gatherings. He was a regular contributor to “Ye Cronies” the renowned Glasgow artistic society where his recitations had a willing audience. Many of his verses appeared in his publication “Fancies of a Physician” (Glasgow: Brown and Ferguson, 1938). Some are in English, some in Scots and his medical history spills over into some of the poems. Tom Gibson observes in his book “The Royal College of hysicians and Surgeons of Glasgow” that the last poem in John Fergus’s book might serve as his epitaph. “Carry me forth and let me be | With my dying face to a northern sky | Where the scent of heather, the sound of the bees | The falling of water, the rustle of trees | The whisper of winds flowing soft on the bent | The fragrance of pine trees and bog myrtle’s scent | The mavis’s song and whaup’s plaintive cry | Shall be lullaby, incense and dirge as I die”. [Mason, Sir David & Beaton, James (2009) ‘The Fergus Family and the Scottish Royal Colleges’. Scottish Medical Journal, Vol. 54. Issue 2, pp 48-51. 10.1258/rsmsmj.54.2.48. accessed 2021.06.20]
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
A rather nice day + warmer than it has been since Saturday. I Willie [?] Linton1 came down about his father2 + I went up early to find he has haematemesis3 again. Saw him at night when it was going on + he was very weak. Cycled there in forenoon + returned by Philiphaugh + Ashybank all the trees on the right side of the river below Colin’s Bridge are now cut down. Drew £120 from M. & G.4 Letter from Jean5. Dora6 + Peter7 went up to Oakwood with me in the evening. Mrs Leslie8 has got the [illegible]. Bessie Nichol9, Oakhurst has sub-acute rheum.
1 If the reading of the text is correct then the Editor assumes this is William Thomson Linton (1879–1961), born Glenrath, Manor, Peeblesshire
2 Simon Linton (1836–1921), farmer, of Manor, Peeblesshire and latterly of Oakwood, Selkirk
3 A helpful reader has suggested that the Editor’s reading is incorrect and that Mr Linton was in fact suffering from haematemesis – vomiting blood
4 M. & G. was the Muir & Graham medical co-partnership signed in 1920
5 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter
6 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter
7 Peter Muir Spurgeon Allen (1914-2005), was at Thorncroft, Selkirk, aged 7 in the 1921 Census [taken 19 June 1921], born 4 June 1914, Chorlton [Lancashire], the son of the Reverend Willoughby xx Allen and Catherine Ellen Allen neeGreen; a head teacher (retired), he died 16 February 2005 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, usual residence Hope Cottage, Stenton, Dunbar, East Lothian.
8 Lizzie Davidson Leslie née Douglas (1887-1941), wife of Robert Vair Leslie, warehouseman and tenant at 22 Forest Road, Selkirk; they had married 1912 at Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR007900012-/171, Selkirk Burgh, page 171 of 644; birth 1887, 778/ 73, Selkirk; marriage 1912, 778/ 28, Selkirk]
9 Elizabeth Dodds ‘Bessie’ Nichol née Elliot (1875-????), of Oakhurst, Viewfield Park, Selkirk, wife of John S Nichol, mill manager [Elliot, Elizabeth Dodds, 1902, 803/ 2, Roxburgh]
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
Dull cold day: hardly a glint of sunshine. Inclined to rain at night. N.W. to W. Dav.1 had 3 operations 1st little George Piercy2 with appendicitis + he nearly went under the Chlor[oform] 2nd Mrs Palfrey junr3 curetting + stitching the cervix 3rd Miss Thomson4 (from Haining) tubercular necrosis of [illegible]. I was at Viewfield from 11 to 2.15 + didn’t do much else. Saw Mrs Leslie5 + Bessie Nichol6, Oakhurst, twice. There is a case of appendicitis coming in from Middlestead (Snowie7). Mrs Robert Beattie had a son8 on the floor (placenta + cord entire) before I arrived.
1 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner
2 The best match is George Arthur Stenhouse Piercy, born 1911 at Ormiston, Haddington, but whose parents had lived at Clackmae, Melrose when they married at Earlston in 1894
3 Mrs Palfrey junior is likely to be Isabella Jarvie née Palfrey (1884-1957) who stayed at the Palfrey home Broomfield, Station Haugh, Selkirk
4 George Thomson, dairyman, was tenant at Bog Cottage, Haining, and Robert Thomson, shepherd, was Inhabitant Occupier not rated at the Stables, Haining [both 1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/326, Selkirk County, page 326 of 611]
5 Lizzie Davidson Leslie née Douglas (1887-1941), wife of Robert Vair Leslie, warehouseman and tenant at 22 Forest Road, Selkirk; they had married 1912 at Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR007900012-/171, Selkirk Burgh, page 171 of 644; birth 1887, 778/ 73, Selkirk; marriage 1912, 778/ 28, Selkirk]
6 Elizabeth Dodds ‘Bessie’ Nichol née Elliot (1875-?1947), of Oakhurst, Viewfield Park, Selkirk, wife of John S Nichol, mill manager [marriage Elliot, Elizabeth Dodds, 1902, 803/ 2, Roxburgh]
7 Helen Wood Snowie, daughter of Alexander Snowie, ploughman, and Elizabeth Swan Snowie née Ruckbie; he was Inhabitant Occupier not rated of a house at Middlestead, Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/327, Selkirk County, page 327 of 611]
8 Adam Beattie, born 22 June 1921 at 39 Kirkwynd, Selkirk, son of Robert Beattie, wool scourer, and Helen Beattie née Symington, married 28 April 1905 at Selkirk [birth 1921, 778/ 68, Selkirk]
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
Had a very quiet day seeing half a dozen patients, before posting May [accounts] into ledger. Mrs Robert Leslie1 very ill. ‘Phoned Miss Graham2 for a nurse + got Nurse McKerrall3 who was at Faldonside. David4 was at Delorainehope5 + took Peter6. Moffat Hydro has been burned7. There was more sun today but it wasn’t warm. There was a little rain in the afternoon.
1 Lizzie Davidson Leslie née Douglas (1887-1941), wife of Robert Vair Leslie, warehouseman and tenant at 22 Forest Road, Selkirk; they had married 1912 at Selkirk
2 Miss Elizabeth Graham was the Matron of the Scottish Association of Trained Nurses at 15/17 Alva Street, Edinburgh, sometimes described as “Miss Graham’s Home for Trained Nurses (Co-operative System)” [1925 Valuation Roll, VR010000495-/81, Edinburgh Burgh, page 81 of 249]
3 Nurse McKerrall has not been identified
4 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner
6 Peter Muir Spurgeon Allen (1914-2005), was at Thorncroft, Selkirk, aged 7 in the 1921 Census [taken 19 June 1921], born 4 June 1914, Chorlton [Lancashire], the son of the Reverend Willoughby xx Allen and Catherine Ellen Allen neeGreen; a head teacher (retired), he died 16 February 2005 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, usual residence Hope Cottage, Stenton, Dunbar, East Lothian.
7 “Opening on 5th April, 1878, the town had the ‘Moffat Hydropathic Hotel’, which was burnt down in June 1921. In its heyday this palatial hotel contained over three hundred bedrooms, elegantly furnished drawing room and luxurious lounge. The spacious dining room seated three hundred diners in lavish surroundings. The ‘Hydro’ was a considerable local employer. By 1920 the spa period was almost over, some furnishings having to be sold to cover costs.” The Moffat Hydro Moffat Museum https://moffatmuseum.co.uk/the-moffat-hydro/
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
Helen, Dora1, Peter2 + I were given a fine motor trip today by Mrs Mackintosh3. Leaving at 9.15 in a landaulette of Bryson’s4 driven by a man Paterson we went up Gala5 to Tynehead, Crichton, Pathhead, Pencaitland, Longniddry, Aberlady, Gullane to N. Berwick where we had lunch at the Marine Hotel6 + a stroll on the Links. It was a fairly good day but moderately warm + not much wind. At Aberlady we called on a Mr Lamb7 (a cousin of Mrs Mack’s) + his wife. He is a retired architect + has a great collection of curios and objects of art + natural history. We had tea at the marina at 4.30 + left at 5 returning via Canty Bay8, Tyninghame, East Linton, Whittinghame, Gifford, Long Newton, Humbie + Soutra. Between Gifford and Long Newton I took a wrong turning + after Leaston9 I made a worse mistake + found ourselves in wood on a cart track + had to turn back. We got home a few minutes before 9 having enjoyed the run greatly. There had been heavy rain between Whittinghame + Gifford + after Oxton all the way home but we got none of it.
1 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper and Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter
2 Peter Muir Spurgeon Allen (1914-2005), was at Thorncroft, Selkirk, aged 7 in the 1921 Census [taken 19 June 1921], born 4 June 1914, Chorlton [Lancashire], the son of the Reverend Willoughby xx Allen and Catherine Ellen Allen neeGreen; a head teacher (retired), he died 16 February 2005 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, usual residence Hope Cottage, Stenton, Dunbar, East Lothian.
3 Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), of Elm Park, Selkirk
4 Invariably described as Bryson or Bryson’s by Dr Muir, Croall, Bryson & Co., were at High Street, Selkirk and offered a car hire service
5 They travelled up the Gala Water before turning off to Tynehead, grid reference NGR NT394,592, Crichton, NT387,620, Pathhead, NT393,644, Pencaitland, NT440,689, Longniddry, NT441,760, Aberlady, NT462,798, and Gullane NT486,829, to North Berwick, NT552,853
6 The Marine Hotel, Cromwell Road, North Berwick is the strikingly large Scottish baronial style building overlooking the Links
7 James John Watson Lamb (about 1854-1927), architect, at Woodville, Aberlady [1924 VR]; he was the son of Peter Lamb, distiller, and Anne Lamb née Watson (whose relationship to Agnes Mackintosh has not been corroborated); he married, 1908, Sophia Brodie Rankin [1908, 644/18 69, Pollokshields, Glasgow]
8 Canty Bay, grid reference NGR NT582,853, Tyninghame, NT611,791, East Linton, NT591,772, Whittinghame, NT602,738, Gifford, NT534,681, Long Newton, NT515,648, Humbie, NT458,626, + Soutra, NT456,593
9 Leaston, grid reference NT484,634, just short of Humbie on the party’s apparent route which must have diverted south off the main road, presumably after leaving Gifford, to take in Long Newton
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
Dull coldish day with slight showers in the morning. NW wind steady. Andrew Brown1 died in the afternoon. Went to forenoon service. Saw Mrs Robert Leslie2 twice: rather better at night. Made out route for tomorrow’s run with Mrs Mack3 + took it down for her to see. David4 called with a clergyman named Milne5 who is home from India + had been preaching at Kirkhope + Caddonfoot. He is a candidate for Heatherlie.
1 Andrew Brown, hosiery manufacturer and widower of Wilhelmina Mackay, died 2.35 p.m. 19 June 1921, aged 81, at Dunreay, Tower Street, Selkirk, of Senile Debility and Marasmus, certified by John S Muir M.B. etc; he was the son of George Brown, stockingmaker, and Isabella Reeve and left four children but his business (at Tait’s Hill, Selkirk) does not appear to have operated on a large scale and he left £818 0 11d [will recorded 27 October 1921, Selkirk]
2 Lizzie Davidson Leslie née Douglas (1887-1941), wife of Robert Vair Leslie, warehouseman and tenant at 22 Forest Road, Selkirk; they had married 1912 at Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR007900012-/171, Selkirk Burgh, page 171 of 644; birth 1887, 778/ 73, Selkirk; marriage 1912, 778/ 28, Selkirk]
3 Agnes Mackintosh née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), of Elm Park, Selkirk
4 David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner
5 It appears that Mr Milne was not appointed at Heatherlie, the Reverend Robert Montgomery apparently being succeeded by the Reverend James Wilson
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
Not so warm today but very pleasant. Note to see Marion Paton1. Andrew Brown2 sinking. Saw a few cases walking + after lunch cycled to Gala. Nothing serious3. Went on to Buckholm + took the road to Langshaw: then on by Mosshouses to Clackmae4 + home via Leaderfoot. Most lovely ride + the scenery perfect. Dora5 spent the day with the Smiths6.
1 Marion Agnes Paton (about 1841-1940), formerly of Selkirk but latterly living at Galashiels
2 Andrew Brown (about 1840-1921), hosiery manufacturer and widower of Wilhelmina Mackay, of Dunreay, Tower Street, Selkirk
3 Dr Muir is here referring to Marion Paton, see footnote 1
4 Langshaw, grid reference NGR NT515,396, Mosshouses, NT532,396 and Clackmae (near Earlston), NT560,393, after which Dr Muir will presumably have cycled to Leaderfoot down the west side of Leader Water
5 Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter
6 Assume the Smith family at Lauriston, Selkirk, home of Katie Smith née Locke (about 1854-1934), widow of Thomas Smith, tweed manufacturer, and whichever of her (adult) children were living there at this time
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]
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