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, June 29, 2015

July 18 - 23, 1955



Monday, July 18, 1955

I washed and ironed, made a blueberry pie. Very hot day. Kennard’s trial $100 fine $15 cost of court. Lost his license for year.



Tuesday, July 19, 1955

Another hot day. Made out an order for Mama. Terrie Moffitt here for day. Bill mowed grass up alongside of road tonight.



Wednesday, July 20, 1955

I churned. Cleaned up the house, cooked.



Thursday, July 21, 1955

Did some more cooking. Came off awful hot again today.



Friday, July 22, 1955

Dorothea here all day. She wrote letters. I did a big washing and ironing.

Nanny hanging out clothes to dry




Saturday, July 23, 1955

Hot. Done up some housework. Went to town in early p.m. Larry Potter brought over the raspberries we froze them. Over to Jim’s tonight, got corn, greens and other veg. Aunt Ava got another dog today.


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