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!

Monday, May 25, 2015

January 1 - 7, 1955







 Saturday, January 1, 1955

Went down to Fern’s, she shortened my new coat. Fair day. Bill, Lloyd and Billie cut and wrapped meat.



Sunday, January 2, 1955

Snowed. Bill had to work all p.m. til into evening. Raymond called in the evening.



Monday, January 3, 1955

We washed, nice day. Billie and I went to town, he got a new work jacket and other clothes. He sold a Guernsey cow and a veal calf to Lawrence Boynton. He and I went over to Jim Chadbourne’s and Dr. Newths also.


Tuesday, January 4, 1955

Fair most of day. Billie worked. Delores called. I ironed. Es, Cliff and Susan started for Maine today.




Wednesday, January 5, 1955

Cleaned the kitchen up. Nice day. Betty gone to movies with Blanche.



Thursday, January 6, 1955

Did up the work. Billie worked at Lawrence’s. Washed clothes.



Friday, January 7, 1955

I washed floors and windows, also waxed them. Very cold and windy and blustery. Es, Cliff and Susan came today.
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