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!

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

December 13 - 19, 1947



Saturday, December 13, 1947

Nice day. Cleaned up the house. Joy called in PM.



Sunday, December 14, 1947

Billie worked at Lloyds. Bill up to Bob’s and Hayd’s. Dorothea up to Joy’s all day.



Monday, December 15, 1947

We washed, nice day. Bill worked at Jim’s. We got a very nice letter with a check from Blynn Davis.



Tuesday, December 16, 1947

Bad storm this morning. No school. Bill didn’t work. Helped Hayd to kill his pig. He and I went to movies in eve.



Wednesday, December 17, 1947

Bill to movies tonight -fight picture on. Billie to senior dance (or drama)  with Glenn. Raymond called in eve. Ned the yellow cat dead.

Billie in 1947




Thursday, December 18, 1947

Billie took care of our other cat today. I washed and washed floor.



Friday, December 19, 1947

Dorothea stayed down for the Scouts Christmas party.



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