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, August 21, 2015

March 31 - April 3, 1956



Saturday, March 31, 1956

A nice day, kind of cloudy and windy. I went to town shopping with Milan and Betty. Got a new dress for Betty. Busy all day.



Sunday, April 1, 1956 Easter Sunday

A very pretty day. Milan’s folks with Blanche and Joy up to Pleasant Mountain to the early Easter services. Betty down to Kail’s and went to church with her. We had a ham dinner in p.m. Billie, Kennard, Dolores and I went up to Cranmore Mountain to watch them ski. Milan’s folks went back home today. Robert called. Kay Fleck up here in p.m.



Monday, April 2, 1956

A very nice day. I washed and got the clothes dry and in. In p.m. Bill and I went to town. I took negatives.



Tuesday, April 3, 1956

Cloudy. I cleaned up the house, ironed, done some cooking. Linwood Hill came today and put the blower in the furnace. Billie hauled sawdust today for himself and Chet.


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