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, July 27, 2017

April 22 - 25, 1964



Wednesday, April 22, 1964

Cloudy and rain. I worked in shed chamber. Got a new ironing board and cover. Done the ironing tonight. Bonnie up here in evening. Bill painted a ceiling for Fern and Lloyd. Awful cold up in the shed chamber today.



Thursday, April 23, 1964

Another cloudy dreary miserable day. I finished the shed chamber. Betty gone, got tires on the car. Billie out for supper tonight. Betty down to Bonnie’s.



Friday, April 24, 1964

Another one of those dreary miserable days. I made some brownies this morning. Cleaned
 the living room. Betty to town to get groceries. Bert Chaplin here for supper. He and Billie and some of the guys over to Phil Hunt’s to go smelting.



Saturday, April 25, 1964

Another cloudy dreary day. Some rain and showers. I done up regular work. Cleaned buffet, cupboards and draws. Betty made some cookies. Betty off to town and Billie smelting. Fern up for supper and evening. We looked over some boxes.


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