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!

Saturday, December 10, 2016

October 31 - November 3, 1961



Tuesday, October 31, 1961

Cloudy again today. I washed. Sent letter to Milan and Esther, also sent Bridgton news and announcement. I found a (?) play-mo-bile for Esther. I washed windows inside and out upstairs. Took the screens off. Betty out for Halloween.



Wednesday, November 1, 1961

Cold. Nice and sunny in morning, clouded up some and on the windy side. Some sun. I ironed, done a little cooking etc. Went over to Lovell and East Fryeburg with Fern, Lloyd and Os to look for some hens. Sally and Jean called in p.m.



Thursday, November 2, 1961

Cold. Not so windy. I churned, went for a ride with Fern and Lloyd and Os still looking for pullets. Went over to Paris Hill, back down to Oxford, on down to Mechanic Falls. He bought 20 pullets. Betty got a letter from Mike was $60 in it.



Friday, November 3, 1961

Warm again, partly cloudy. I cleaned up the house, to town in evening.


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