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!

Sunday, September 3, 2017

September 16 - 18, 1964 Waking up in Scotland




Wednesday, September 16, 1964

Woke up in Scotland this morning. Slept all morning until 9 AM. Got up, had breakfast. George, Bill and I took off and went to town. Bill and I to the bank and got some British money. We stopped in some of the pastry shops, went to the pub and had a drink. Wow. Came home, had dinner, it was raining so we looked at the pictures and snaps we brought. George and B enjoyed them, also looked at theirs. In evening we went out to a pub again, had a very nice evening.



Thursday, September 17, 1964

Up about 8 AM, had breakfast. Got ready and left about 10 AM. We went to Perth, Creiff, Killin, ?Forrally, ?Panoch and Forfar and back to Dundee. We visited Lake Earn, Loch Tay, Taymouth Castle. Saw a thatched roof house, the Queen’s View and the tall hedge of 5840 foot long and 5 foot high. It was a wonderful day. We took many pictures on the way and home at 9 PM. Only 4 PM at home.
Nanny in front of a Killin Perthshire B & B

Killin

South side of Queen's View

Falls of Dochart in Killin

Bill and brother George Crook



Friday, September 18, 1964

Got up early in a.m., wind blowing and quite cold. We had breakfast, got ready, headed north. Went up through and over top of mountains. Up through Devil’s Elbow then Linn O’Dee, Balmoral Castle and visited the Queen’s church. Where she goes to church when she is in Scotland on holiday. Also at the Balmoral Castle is where she stays. Wonderful. On to Aberdeen which is a city as large or larger than Boston. Very interesting. Saw Marischal College, back down the coast of North Sea into Forfar where Bill was born. Had a wonderful dinner at the ski lodge. Took pictures of Bill and all of us in the kilt. Fun. Ate supper in Arbendeen.
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