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, October 8, 2017

January 29 - February 1, 1965



Friday, January 29, 1965

Partly cloudy, colder. I did regular work. Wrote out store lists etc. Randy and Errol called. To town after supper. Paid some bills. Very cold.



Saturday, January 30, 1965

Very nice day. I done up regular work. Cooked. Fern and Lloyd called. Marilyn Hunt and daughter. Bill and I looked at the Rayall house over on Sweden Road.



Sunday, January 31, 1965

A very nice day. I cooked a turkey dinner. Had Bob over. Also Vicki was here. Kennie and Dot called. Fern and Lloyd called. They went with Betty and I up to the house Betty and Mike want. Bob up there too. Billie had Carmen out.



Monday, February 1, 1965

Sunny in a.m., clouded up in PM. I washed. Betty and I to town in p.m. Called at Lorraine’s, took down the snaps. Betty’s snapshots came today from the United Film Club from Boston. It began to snow after dark.



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