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!

Friday, October 20, 2017

March 18 - 21, 1965



Thursday, March 18, 1965

I cooked, done up my work. Lawrence here and gave steer a shot. Betty and Mike down to Gorham, took Carmen in p.m. I was home alone. Cloudy all day. Betty and Mike bought an overnight trailer.



Friday, March 19, 1965

Cloudy. Snow in a.m., cleared in PM. Done up regular work. Sent birthday card to Dot. Steer very bad today. Lawrence here and gave him a shot and vitamins. Aunt Ava called. Steer went today.



Saturday, March 20, 1965

Fair but cold, snow flurries in p.m. Bill got haircut. He, Carmen and I over to Fryeburg in p.m. to get his new cap.



Sunday, March 21, 1965

Cold today and windy. Didn’t get up very early. Kennie, Dot, Fern and Lloyd called.



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