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!

Monday, May 28, 2018

August 10 - 13, 1967


Thursday, August 10, 1967

A nice day. Hot. I cleaned up my stove, the house. Lloyd called. Gordon came up and measured for electric plug boxes. Betty and girls here, we washed and picked over some papers. In evening I called at Ferns while Billie got haircut. Gordon up in evening and put in electric plugs. Betty got her last check from Mike.



Friday, August 11, 1967

The first clear cool dry day for over two months. I made out some checks and paid some bills. They bulldozed out the driveway today. Betty and children here. In evening Billie took me to town. Gordon up and done some wiring after supper. Norman and Barbara called. Also Betty and Walt came up and brought Kim up to stay all night.



Saturday, August 12, 1967

I did some cooking, cake, lemon sponge pie, baked beans, rolls and Brown bread. Thomases and Hortons here for supper and Fern. They all liked their supper very much.



Sunday, August 13, 1967

Fair in early part of the day. The Thomas family gone up to Andover to Telstar. Billie worked for Lawrence. Fern, Lloyd called. Betty, Walt and kids came later. Brought kids up to stay all night. Betty going to Concord in morning with Walt to look for a place to live. Bob here in evening.

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