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!

Thursday, November 24, 2016

August 27 - 31, 1961



Sunday, August 27, 1961

A nice hot day. Bill, Betty and I down to Jean’s, took down some vegetables. Was glad to see Roger and Mary Crook, Agness Thim and Mark (?). Betty mowed lawns.

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Monday, August 28, 1961

A nice day. I did a big wash in a.m. In p.m. I cleaned up the house some. Joy and children here in p.m. In evening Jean, Roger and Mary Crook called and Agnes Thim and Mark Turner. Made us a nice visit. Roger Crook is Bill and Jean’s cousin.



Tuesday, August 29, 1961

A nice morning, it clouded up. Billie, Mama and I went to Norway. I got hose for Bill. Billie got a jacket and under clothes and hoses. I came home, did big ironing. Cooked a little, got supper. Blanche, Joy and Debbie called. We called at Aunt Ava and Uncle Lewis’s. Rained very hard in p.m. and evening. Bad thundershowers in parts of New England, especially in and around Boston.



Wednesday, August 30, 1961

Cleared off very nice this morning, not so hot. I done up the work.



Thursday, August 31, 1961

I washed and ironed. Cleaned up the house. Betty home and away riding.
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