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!

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

March 2 - 5, 1966



Wednesday, March 2, 1966 CHECK

A nice March day, mild and windy. I done up my work, got a nice chicken supper. Down to Betty’s with Fern and Lloyd. Fern and Lloyd called to see Betty’s package she got from Esther. I stayed. We got things moved around for the baby to come home. Got her bathinette set up with clothes on it. Betty got their income check refund $165.77. Mike over tonight, he paid her. Mike is mixed up. Glad to see Betty and Carmen.



Thursday, March 3, 1966

A beautiful day. Betty and Carmen up. We went down town. Betty paid all her bills. We called at Lil’s. Came back up here, had supper. Bill and I took her home. Billie bought a new kitchen clock. Holly and kids came up to her mother’s. A very nice day. Snow melted and settled.

Nanny in her kitchen



Friday, March 4, 1966

A nice sunny forenoon. I done up my work. Mrs. George Bingham called selling Rawleigh products. Betty came, we went to town and I did my shopping. Betty and Carmen stayed up here a while. Carmen slept. Betty not too good, getting heavy and (?). Bill saw Forrest Prescott today. Rain began tonight. Delores went away over to her sister Gladys’s.



Saturday, March 5, 1966

Rain. Mild temperature but heavy rain. Snow settled a lot. Betty and Carmen came up. Carmen has a cold. Betty to the doctors. He said she could have the baby any time within two weeks. Fern up for supper. Billie up to Chet’s then went up through Stoneham  looking for beef cattle. He worked at Raymond in a.m. Bill fixed toaster, Betty shelf etc.


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