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!

Thursday, December 27, 2018

October 7 - 10, 1969


Tuesday, October 7, 1969

I ironed. Did some more washing. Went to town.



Wednesday, October 8, 1969

A rainy day. I cleaned my kitchen cupboards. Kim was up today. In evening Billie and I went down to Betty and Walt.



Thursday, October 9, 1969 Kim to Hospital for Heart Check up

A very nice day, up early. Washed. Down to Betty’s,  helped her get ready. We took Kim to Portland for her heart check up. We went to Dorothea’s. I stayed there with the baby while she went to the hospital. Dorothea was glad to see us. We came home on up through Gorham, Rte 114 and up through Sebago. It was very pretty with all the colored leaves. We ran out of gas down on S. High St. They want to check Kim in six months again. Said her heart is enlarging some.



Friday, October 10, 1969

A beautiful day. Done up regular work, washed. Down to Betty’s. I went with her to do some shopping. I did my window sills today. We went to Kings in Falmouth.

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