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, September 11, 2015

July 1 - 4, 1956



Sunday, July 1, 1956

A nice hot day at 8:00 AM we left for Stoneham Massachusetts, Brud and Verna’s with Es and Susan. Had a nice trip and lunch and a good time at Brud’s. Got there at about 11 and started for home at one. Got home about 5. Fern, Lloyd, Bill, Betty and I took them up, stopped at Putman’s candy kitchen. Get some good candies. Missed Es and Susan.



Monday, July 2, 1956

A very nice day. I washed. Cleaned up the house. McCammon came today. Missed Es and Susan all day.



Tuesday, July 3, 1956

I ironed and cooked. Nice day. Quite hot. Kennie and Dot up in eve. Carl worked on his car all forenoon. Went with Lloyd in p.m.



Wednesday, July 4, 1956 Fourth of July

A very nice day. I parade downtown. McCammmon’s went down to Fern and Lloyd’s today. In late p.m. they all came up here, we had a cookout, a good time. In eve after dark went to the fireworks downtown. Fern, Lloyd and McCammon went up the chairlift today.


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