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, March 11, 2018

October 4 - 7, 1966



Tuesday, October 4, 1966

On the cool windy side. Betty and Carmen to the fair. I did my work and cooked and ironed. Dorothea down to Lorraine’s. They fixed Lorraine’s couch, had a good time. Carmen here for supper. I took up the dahlias today. A guy from Limerick called to see the trailer.



Wednesday, October 5, 1966 MIKE

A nice day. Sunny and on the warm side. Today at 8 AM Mike was released from a 30 day jail sentence because of not supporting his two helpless girls. He called at Betty’s drunk again. He was a horrible looking thing. Long long hair, nasty and rough. It is just HOPELESS HOPELESS. Dorothea to Fryeburg Fair with Dave Thomas.



Thursday, October 6, 1966 No School

Some sun and some clouds, on the cold side. I did up my work, got Esther’s letter off. Dorothea and Jeff to the Fryeburg Fair with Barb and Wesley, also Nancy and her boy went. Betty and girls here for supper. We had a chicken dinner. Billie all through work till Monday. We called at Ferns in evening. Dorothea and Dave out tonight. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson called about the trailer tonight.



Friday, October 7, 1966

Cold in early a.m., it warmed up. Billie, Fern, Lloyd, Carmen and I all went to Portland today. Fern and Lloyd got me a electric can opener. Billie didn’t get his jacket. Dorothea and Jeff home all day. Jeff had company. We had a good time in Portland and a good dinner. Dorothea to the fair tonight. Betty sick today, very sick.


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