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, September 4, 2017

September 19 - 22, 1964



Saturday, September 19, 1964

A very nice day, on the windy side. Up, Bill and George in town with snaps. I sewed on some buttons. We had a nice chicken dinner. George, Bill and I went out. Called at a farm friend of George and Betty’s. Got eggs, back to town, to the Lawhill Tower way on a hill which you could see all of Dundee and way out into the North Sea. Very interesting. Then on to Camperdown Park in Dundee. Beautiful, all kinds of birds and animals. George to work tonight.

Betty and George Crook with Bill




Sunday, September 20, 1964

A nice day. We got up late. George home from work at 8 AM. We had dinner, went out for a ride, down along the coast. Came home, ate and watched TV. Then ate again and then to bed. George to work again today.





Monday, September 21, 1964

Very nice day. We got up about 8:30, had breakfast. Took Betty to work, we went out into the stores. Came home, had a lunch. I wrote some letters and cards, Fern and Lloyd’s anniversary card. George didn’t have to work tonight. We watched TV until 12 PM.



Tuesday, September 22, 1964

Cloudy and rainy. Got up and had breakfast. Then I took a bath. George did the dishes, took Betty to work. I washed our clothes. Bill took a bath. I pressed some clothes. George got the pictures, they were good. George and  Betty brought us over to Beat and Dave’s. We looked over our snaps.



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