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, August 7, 2017

June 1 - 4, 1964



Monday, June 1, 1964 Business

Cool. Partly cloudy. I did the wash and it got dried. Betty cleaned up the whole house. We went to town in p.m. Did much business for us both. Betty and I got groceries and paid the bills. Came home, Betty got the clothes in. I did my ironing and mending. Betty took off as the same. Frances Daley died this morning.



Tuesday, June 2, 1964 Permanent

Cloudy in a.m. but cleared off. Not very warm. I churned, done up the work. In p.m. over to June’s and got my permanent. Bob and Blanche called in evening. Betty off to town and ???



Wednesday, June 3, 1964

Well, kind of a cool day. I made some filled cookies, molasses cookies and fried some donuts. I cleaned up the downstairs. We are so happy about the house. Mr. Foster didn’t come to see us today. I called at sick Aunt Ava’s tonight. Betty had company tonight to watch TV again.

Aunt Ava's House



Thursday, June 4, 1964

Partly cloudy day, cold, dreary day. It has been a miserable one. Blanche, Carmen and I over to East Stoneham to the Cemetery. Mr. Foster came to see us, but I don’t know. I hope the little house gets up there but. I didn’t get much done today.
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