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, October 29, 2018

February 21 - 24, 1969


Friday, February 21, 1969 $4.50

Mild temperature. It was cloudy again this morning but cleared about 10 AM. I worked at Dorothy’s. Been thinking about Kim. Came home, did a wash and ironed. Went to town soon as supper.



Saturday, February 22, 1969

Mild temperatures. It was a little cloudy and foggy in early forenoon. It cleared. Betty and girls got here about 10 AM for a couple days. Kids are feeling well. Betty, kids and I to town,did some errands and got a few other things. No mail today. Betty and I sat and talked until late tonight. Fern up for supper. Billie, Carmen, Betty and I played cards.


Carmen and Kim at Nanny and Poppa's



Sunday, February 23, 1969 got a new ironing board cover

A nice mild day. We didn’t get up too early. Had breakfast. Kids outside with Bill for an hour or so. Dorothea and Jeff came. Dorothea had a flat tire when she got here. Bill to get off for her. She took it down and got it fixed. We had dinner. Birthday cake for Betty. In p.m. Bill borrowed Junior Hatches camera and we took some instamatic self developing pictures of the house. Very good. Going to send them to Scotland. Betty and kids left for home about 3 PM. Dorothea had to go early because Joy was there. Bill took me down to Thomas’s to get a ironing board cover. Fern and Lloyd here in evening.



Monday, February 24, 1969

It is snowing today. I done up my work, did a little ironing. I got my new ironing board cover on. It is nice. I hope Betty is happy. She had a happy weekend.


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