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!

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

May 5 - 10, 1955



Thursday, May 5, 1955

I cleaned the dining room today. Rained all day. Mama pretty good today.



Friday, May 6, 1955

Cloudy and rain showers. I cleaned the kitchen, washed and hung the sitting room curtains. Quite late when I got the kitchen all done but what a relief to know the cleaning is all done.



Saturday, May 7, 1955

I did a big wash today. Got the clothes in, cooked, went to town. I ironed the kitchen curtains. Mama not very good.



Sunday, May 8, 1955

Quite windy and rain. I ironed and did up the work. Fern, Lloyd, Bob, Joy, Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis called. Mama had another mean day. I bought Dorothea’s watch today for her grad. present.



Monday, May 9, 1955

Very cloudy and windy and cold. I wrote 4 letters and cleaned up the house. Kail came up after school and she and Betty has gone to a Sunday school social at Ruth Hatch’s. Mama better today. She called Dr. Godutis today. Fire at Vincent Yates barbershop building, building condemned.



Tuesday, May 10, 1955

A very nice clear day. I churned, mowed lawn outback. Trimmed grass.

Asst. photos of Carkie, Phylis and Baby Cindy
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