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, January 10, 2015

August 9 - 15, 1947



Saturday, August 9, 1947

Hot. Cleaned up the house. Bought a bushel peaches at A & P for $3.69 Went to town with Kennard’s folks. Fred Emery and Edmund Otis called to see Ed Davis.



Sunday, August 10, 1947

Hot. Dr. Mabry came to see Ed.



Monday, August 11, 1947



Dr. Mabry took Ed Davis to hospital. Bill home lame. Billie home sick.



Tuesday, August 12, 1947

Hot. Canned peaches 15 ½. Dorothy Allen called. Bill and Billie home sick. Hot.



Wednesday, August 13, 1947

Very hot. I picked blueberries. Bill and Billie back to work.



Thursday, August 14, 1947

Very hot. I picked blueberries. We ate out back tonight. Blyn called. Dorothea over to Woods Pond on picnic with Blanche and Ruth.



Friday, August 15, 1947

Very hot. Showers cooled off in late p.m. We washed. Canned string beans and picked peas.

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