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, February 4, 2018

May 17 - 20, 1966



Tuesday, May 17, 1966 Cleaning at Seavey’s

Cloudy all day. I started cleaning at Seavey’s. Came home, Betty, Carmen, Joy and Laurie here. Got supper. Took Betty and children home.




Wednesday, May 18, 1966 Finished cleaning at Seavey’s

Cloudy. Another cloudy dreary day. I finished cleaning at Seavey’s cottage. Came home, got supper started. Wrote a couple of letters.



Thursday, May 19, 1966

A cloudy dreary day. I helped Fern. She sold a lot of odds and ends to Cardosi. She gave me a lot of things today. Betty and Carmen came down here today. We had heavy rains. Took Betty home after supper.



Friday, May 20, 1966 First Thundershowers 

 Cleared off today and I worked at Ferns. We had first thundershowers. Betty came up, we picked over some things today that came from Ferns. Went to town after supper. Finished logging at Lloyd’s. Betty home early, she was expecting Mike.



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