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 4, 2016

October 24 - 27, 1960 An Empty Barn



Monday, October 24, 1960 Judy went

A very rainy day. Heavy rain and strong East wind. I didn’t wash. I was busy all day. Betty came home and Rowena and Linda came with her. Today Judy went at noon. She has been a very good cow. We liked her as a pet. The bull went tonight. Our barn is empty tonight. Blanche left today to go to Ronald’s. She brought her birds over here.



Tuesday, October 25, 1960

Cleared off this morning. Cloudy most all day. My clothes got dry. I washed. Did some cooking etc. Bessie, Rowena and Betty came up here after school. Bessie used my steam iron. Betty down to Rowena’s tonight. Got a anniversary card from Dorothea and family. Carlton and Phyllis had a girl born today, Amy Louise.



Wednesday, October 26, 1960

A nice day. I went over to Aunt Ava’s and spent the day. Had a good dinner etc. I came home, got supper, did my ironing. Betty home for supper. Down to Rowena’s after supper. Billie got some milk up to Del’s tonight. Bill down to Roger McDonald’s.



Thursday, October 27, 1960

I washed and ironed today. Today we got a letter from Dorothea and one from Esther.


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