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, July 20, 2015

November 12 - 15, 1955



Saturday, November 12, 1955

A good day. Dorothea and I went to town in a.m. shopping. Dorothea down to library in p.m. to study. I cooked in p.m. In evening Dorothea went to movies with girls. Bill hunted.



Sunday, November 13, 1955

A very good day. We left this morning and took Dorothea back to Newton Ctr., Massachusetts to go back to Mount Ida College. Fern went with us, we had a good time. Ate at Valley Steakhouse at Kittery on the turnpike, had a good time. Dorothea kind of upset over exams. Billie hauled dressing. Betty down to Fleck’s. Mama, Billie and Donnie home alone all day.



Monday, November 14, 1955

A cloudy, rainy day. Washed. Did little cooking, wrote to Dorothea. Brud and family called a little while. Left to go home today. Black cat left home today.



Tuesday, November 15, 1955

A very nice day. Mama, Donnie and I went up to Stoneham with Aunt Ava to set out some tulip bulbs in the cemetery lot. I ironed in p.m. They hauled out the logs down here. Bill and Lloyd took the hens down tonight.



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