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, October 7, 2015

October 23 - 26, 1956



Tuesday, October 23, 1956

I ironed, cooked. It rained. Bill and Billie home, we dressed and wrapped all the old hens. 22 in the deep freeze tonight. Betty to Brunswick with the choir. Kay up here tonight. Lloyd up against tonight and wrapped beef.



Wednesday, October 24, 1956

A nice day. Mama went up to Aunt Ava’s all day. I cooked, cleaned up the house, washed etc. I went to town with Bill before supper. In evening Lloyd up and cut up another quarter of beef, ground hamburger over to Raymond’s to grind.



Thursday, October 25, 1956

I cooked, did regular work, ironed D. blouses and packed Dorothea’s box and got it off to her tonight. We cut up the last quarter of beef tonight. Uncle Os came up with Lloyd tonight.



Friday, October 26, 1956

A very nice day. I did regular work. Betty had a dance tonight given by some of the mothers.



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