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, November 18, 2014

August 3 - 9, 1946



Saturday, August 3, 1946

Still raining. Bill put lights up stairs, used electric lights up there tonight for the first time. Cleared off this p.m.



Sunday, August 4, 1946

Nice day. Bill wired the downstairs bedrooms. Lloyd and Fern called in p.m. Dorothea down there this p.m. Billie worked at Chets. Helped Lloyd in a.m.



Monday, August 5, 1946

Showers. Washed. Sent for a sitting room curtains. Did a big wash. Bill L. came with oil.



Tuesday, August 6, 1946

Mama down to Aunt Mina’s and spent the day. Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Jean and Jack also called in eve. I cooked.



Wednesday, August 7, 1946

Cloudy. We ironed. Rosalie down here today.



Thursday, August 8, 1946

Mama went up to Uncle Willis’s with Carlton and Uncle Sulmore. Uncle Willis very bad.



Friday, August 9, 1946

Hot. Val worked down here. Mama fixed my dresses after I fell away so they were too big.
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