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, July 3, 2015

August 13 - 18, 1955 New Bridges At Roger's Brook



Saturday, August 13, 1955

Went to town. Did regular work.



Sunday, August 14, 1955

Very hot, didn’t do much.



Monday, August 15, 1955

They began to work on this road today. Two new bridges over to Roger’s Brook. We are going to sell some gravel to the town. Very nice day. New foreman, Harry Allen, went to work today.



Tuesday, August 16, 1955

I ironed, cloudy.   



Wednesday, August 17, 1955

Donnie sick today. Did regular work and churned.



Thursday, August 18, 1955

Donnie still sick. Cleaned up the house.




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