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!

Monday, July 11, 2016

February 21 - 25, 1960



Sunday, February 21, 1960

A nice day. A lot of callers in p.m. Mama got quite tired.



Monday, February 22, 1960

A nice day. I washed. Shampooed my hair. Mama still quite sick and weak.



Tuesday, February 23, 1960 Letter from Adair’s

I ironed. Fern and Lloyd called. Dorothy Prescott called, also Aunt Ava. Mama got so tired. We got a nice 20 page letter from Dorothea. Enjoyed them very much.



Wednesday, February 24, 1960

I churned. Mama not very good, got too tired yesterday. Billie and I downtown, also called at Ferns.





Thursday, February 25, 1960

I done up regular work, washed today. Didn’t have much. Betty not at home, was in hopes she would come home. About noon Dawn brought her home with her paper and paint for her bedroom. She and Dawn worked up there. Dawn and Steve here for supper. Betty back up there tonight.




Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)