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 9, 2015

September 26 - October 2, 1954



Sunday, September 26, 1954

Did up the work.


Monday, September 27, 1954

Very hot, I washed.


Tuesday, September 28, 1954

Ironed, hot again.



Wednesday, September 29, 1954

Did regular work.



Thursday, September 30, 1954

Cleaned up the house.



Friday, October 1, 1954

Linda Weeman came up. Mom over to Stow with Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis. Very hot. I cleaned up the whole house.



Saturday, October 2, 1954

Linda went home this p.m. I went to town.



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