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!

Sunday, September 6, 2015

June 13 - 16, 1956



Wednesday, June 13, 1956

A nice hot day. Esther, Fern, Betty, Susan and I went up around the mountains for a ride, had a very nice time and dinner. Had a flat tire just this side of North Conway.



Thursday, June 14, 1956

I cleaned up the house, did a lot of odds and end jobs. A very hot day again. Bill mowed some grass.



Friday, June 15, 1956

Another hot day. Made some rolls and did some cooking. In evening we went to Sebago Lake Park on a picnic. For Lloyd’s birthday. Lloyd, Fern, Es, Susan, Bill, Billie, Betty and I. Had a very nice supper and time.



Saturday, June 16, 1956

Another nice day, not too hot. I cleaned up the house, washed. Wrote a letter for a child to board. Betty went down to Highland Lake swimming. Went to town in evening. Little rabbit died this morning.



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