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, September 18, 2018

September 22 - 25, 1968


Sunday, September 22, 1968 A nice day in Concord, New Hampshire

A very nice day. Not quite as hot as yesterday. Betty, kids, Walt and I walked up to Betty and Walt’s next-door neighbors to see the horse show. It was very nice, we enjoyed it. Came home, got dinner. Bill and Walt sawed up rest of the trees. In late p.m. about four Bill and I left for home. Got home at quarter of six. Bob was here. Christie glad to see us. Had a very nice pleasant weekend.



Monday, September 23, 1968

It is cooler today, a breeze blowing. I washed. Delores called. I cleaned up the whole house, picked over a box of things.



Tuesday, September 24, 1968 HOT

A very nice hot day. I done up my work, did the ironing. A bad accident over on 302 in West Bridgton area. A doctor from Augusta was killed and a lady passenger died on way to hospital. The man had a heart attack.



Wednesday, September 25, 1968

Cloudy and mild today until late p.m. It cleared, very warm. Fern, Lloyd called. I went to town with them. Got pills. We saw the car that was in the accident yesterday.



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