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, August 18, 2015

March 19 - 21, 1956



Monday, March 19, 1956

Cloudy. A very bad blizzard in Boston Massachusetts area, struck New York City. Only got up as far as Kittery in Maine but got some snow in Portland but nothing serious beyond Kittery. New York and Boston second blizzard in 48 hours. Traffic trains clogged, airports closed, schools closed, people died. All places of business closed and factories closed. Very serious. I washed. Mr. Cole brought my Airway back.



Tuesday, March 20, 1956

I ironed. In a.m. Billie and I went down to Ferns to show them some snaps. Sarah and Uncle Os here for a little while. Billie worked up to Chets. Bill and Betty took some snaps. We sent Dorothea a box of fudge. Hauled rest of logs out of woods today. Betty rode Blondie tonight.



Wednesday, March 21, 1956

Another very nice day. The snow settled some more. Bill been going here, there and everywhere all day. He and Raymond over to Les Thomases mill this morning. Bill and Raymond downtown in p.m. Raymond came in and called. Billie hauled sawdust for himself and Chet. Betty helped to unload it. I cleaned up the house today. Jeffrey Smith one year old.



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