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!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

September 16 - 22, 1944



Saturday, September 16, 1944

Bill and I went to town. Brud came up.



Sunday, September 17, 1944

Fern and Lloyd up in p.m. Not much to write about.



Monday, September 18, 1944

Mama went down to Aunties today. I washed.



Tuesday, September 19, 1944

Bull got out and went down to Hayd’s. Kennard came up a minute.



Wednesday, September 20, 1944

Did regular work.



Thursday, September 21, 1944

Worked upstairs today. It rained and showered at night.



Friday, September 22, 1944

Much cooler today. Clean the front room downstairs. Mama came home from Aunties.

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