The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, August 2, 2014

July 8 - 14, 1944



Saturday, July 8, 1944

Awful hot today. Billie and I went up to Minnie’s in evening.


Sunday, July 9, 1944

Bill at home. We got in hay. Terribly hot. Moved out onto porch to sleep.


Monday, July 10, 1944

We went to the bank and Bill went to Harrison to get his haircut. A bad shower. Awful hot.


Tuesday, July 11, 1944

Bill and Billie cleaned the privy. Mama went down to aunties. Bad showers. Rained all day.


Wednesday, July 12, 1944

Bill home today. They worked in garden. Cleared off. Showers tonight. Bill and Dorothea went swimming.

Billie, Betty and Dorothea  1943



Thursday, July 13, 1944

Bill back to work today. Cooler today. Kids and I up to Minnie’s a few moments. Got word Henry Shorey lost his leg in Normandy.


Friday, July 14, 1944

Nice day. Still haying. Bill’s pay day changed Friday.
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