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, March 2, 2018

August 29 - September 1, 1966



Monday, August 29, 1966

A very nice day. I did my wash. Another big one. Betty and children here. Dorothea and I to town in p.m. Dorothea, Joy and kids over to Crystal Lake for a swim. Lila and Thena called in p.m. We were late tonight with our supper. Jeff all cleaned up and over to call on the Wolff girls.



Tuesday, August 30, 1966

Another nice day, I did a dite more of washing this morning. Betty and girls not up. Dorothea and Jeff gone down to Barb’s. Carmen came up in p.m. and stayed all night. Had a thunder shower. Dorothea and I took care of her things upstairs from the playpen. A hot day, went to the dump. Dorothea down to Betty’s in evening.



Wednesday, August 31, 1966

I had Betty’s kids, she was going to work but didn’t. She came after them early or Kim. We took Carmen home after supper. Dorothea, Joy and their kids all went to Portland to shop for school clothes. Dorothea went to see about a job at the Maine Medical Center. Dorothea and Joy down to Betty’s.



Thursday, September 1, 1966 HOT

A beautiful day. I didn’t have much to do today. So I went to Norway with Fern and Lloyd. Came home, cooked trout for supper. Betty came up. She got new tires for the car today. Dorothea down to Barbara’s, took Mandy. She got bitten by Barb’s dog, a bad place. She took my clothes to the laundromat. Dorothea, Jeff and I called at Thena, Jeans and Gordon’s in evening.

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