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, July 13, 2016

March 1 - 4, 1960



Tuesday, March 1, 1960

A very cold windy day. I got clothes in and ironed. Fern, Lloyd called, Raymond and Kennie and Dot. Mama real good today. Sat up over an hour. Betty home early.



Wednesday, March 2, 1960

Cold again. Billie and I downtown. Dawn came up, she and I began to paper Betty’s room. Kennie and Dot here. Kennard called. Bill awful lame this morning. Came home tonight about (?) Sick with pain tonight, gone to bed early. Betty down to Kay’s before supper. She is disappointed she didn’t hear from Mike.



Thursday, March 3, 1960

Cloudy, not so cold. Dawn up. We worked in Betty’s bedroom. In p.m. after Betty got home, she helped Dawn. In evening Betty painted her bedroom furniture.



Friday, March 4, 1960 Letter from Adair’s

Another bad storm, no school. Bill home lame. Betty helped Dawn, they finished papering. Betty done the floor tonight. Billie and I to town today. Kennie and Dot called. Mama lot better, she had her clothes on today. Letter from Dorothea and one from Esther too. Betty got her record player today. It’s been at the repair shop.


Jeff outside hotel in England in Feb. 1960






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