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, November 16, 2018

April 29 - May 2, 1969


Tuesday, April 29, 1969

A fair day. We went to Fryeburg looking for some shrubbery. Went down to Brownfield, got some Italian sandwiches. Out looking for a place for them to live. We did some ironing and regular work. Very mild then turned cooler.



Wednesday, April 30, 1969

A fair day, not too cold. Betty and I went shopping and got ingredients for the spaghetti dinner. Came home, Betty worked all p.m. on the spaghetti dinner. Made cookies. I done up the housework. Washed blankets. Kids have been good. Bill got his vacation pay and cut.



Thursday, May 1, 1969

Washed. Cooked a roast pork supper. I made a pie. We did up regular work. Esther called on the phone just to talk. They are all well, the baby Vince is real good, very cunning.



Friday, May 2, 1969 $4.50

A nice day but kind of cold. I worked at Dorothy’s. In p.m. Betty and I to town shopping. In evening Betty and Walt down to Ferns to watch ballgame on colored TV. Bill got his full-time paycheck tonight. He will work until Wednesday to see if he gets a full week again.
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