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!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

October 25 - 31, 1947 Rain!



Saturday, October 25, 1947

Fires bad at Biddeford, Saco and Hollis and Kezar Falls. We went to town in eve.



Sunday, October 26, 1947

Bill and Lloyd worked on the sawing machine. And sawed a little wood. Awful smoky fires at Biddeford.



Monday, October 27, 1947

I washed. Fires not so bad. I started on the dining room.



Tuesday, October 28, 1947

I finished the dining room. Fires under control.



Wednesday, October 29, 1947

RAINED most of the day. Bill went to Portland with Jim. I cooked and we churned. Forest fires out.



Thursday, October 30, 1947

We cleaned in the kitchen and it was cold and cloudy. Bill and Jim up to Dixfield.



Friday, October 31, 1947

We finish cleaning the kitchen. Cold. Dorothea stayed down to scout meeting. Bill and Jim up to Dixfield again.
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