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!

Friday, December 26, 2014

April 26 - May 2, 1947



Saturday, April 26, 1947

Bill worked full week. Cold and cloudy. Bill Ridlon and wife called in eve. Also Al Harmon and family.



Sunday, April 27, 1947

Bad cold windy and rain. Bill, Kennard, Hayd and Bob Smart went up to Horseshoe Pond in Stoneham smelting. Billie worked over to Raymond’s. Joy up all day.



Monday, April 28, 1947

Clear, cold and windy. Papa down. Washed. Blanche gone to Portland. Joy up here after school.



Tuesday, April 29, 1947

I ironed. Cleaned up the house. Bill worked half day. Light snow.



Wednesday, April 30, 1947

Rained. I cooked. Bill worked half day. Nice warm day.



Thursday, May 1, 1947

Rained all day hard. Began working down to Ferns, started in the back kitchen.



Friday, May 2, 1947

Cloudy. Fern and I finished cleaning her back kitchen. Bill worked.
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