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, October 10, 2016

March 9 - 12, 1961



Thursday, March 9, 1961 No School

A Blizzard. First real big storm of the year. I washed, washed the dining room curtains also. Betty and Linda didn’t have to get up to go to school. Closed because of storm. Made a meat pie today. Also cooked a custard pudding.



Friday, March 10, 1961 Jack Weymouth’s birthday

10 above this morning. A nice day except quite cold and windy. Betty to the dentist. She and Linda came home from school and went back to the show tonight. I cleaned up the whole house and washed up the floors.




Saturday, March 11, 1961

8 above this morning. A very nice day, on the cool windy side but nice and sunny. Betty and Linda didn’t get up till late. Billie worked all day. Bill and I to town in p.m. I paid the flower bill. Aunt Ava called in p.m. I cooked some. Bill took Kennard over to Bob Allen’s to get license. Jim Allen died suddenly today. Paid $47.



Sunday, March 12, 1961

A very nice day. Bill and I took a nice long ride up to New Hampshire and had a good time. Kennie, Dot, Bob and Blanche called.



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