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, May 29, 2015

January 25- 29, 1955



Tuesday, January 25, 1955

I cleaned up the house. And ironed. Cloudy.



Wednesday, January 26, 1955

Fair today. I wrote to Dorothea and helped Mama make out an order for Lane Bryant.



Thursday, January 27, 1955

Fair after snowing in the night. It is windy and a very cold afternoon. Bill gone to Massachusetts to the clinic. Billie and Wayne gone downtown in p.m. Mama sent in order to Lane Bryant. Wayne here for supper.



Friday, January 28, 1955

Still cold all day. Bill got home about 3:45 PM. Same report. Billie over to Raymond’s this afternoon.



Saturday, January 29, 1955

Downtown, got groceries. Came home and cooked, had supper early.

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