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, May 30, 2015

January 30 - February 5, 1955



Sunday, January 30, 1955

Did regular work. Got dinner late in p.m.



Monday, January 31, 1955

Washed. It began to be cold.



Tuesday, February 1, 1955

Very cold. I done some ironing. Aunt Ava called a little while. She got the scales and mittens Mama gave her.



Wednesday, February 2, 1955

Still awful cold below 15. Billie helped Raymond. Kennard called.



Thursday, February 3, 1955

17° below, awful cold all day. Kennard called. Billie helped Raymond again today. Began to get warmer tonight. Wayne left for the service of the US. My check came.



Friday, February 4, 1955

Warmer. Billie worked for Lawrence. I went to town with Evelyn R. in p.m. Cashed my check, sent D. $30 for school use. Nice day.



Saturday, February 5, 1955

Nice day, went to town. Also went down to Ferns for a little while.
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