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!

Saturday, January 26, 2019

January 28 - 31, 1970


Wednesday, January 28, 1970

A nice day, very cold in early a.m. It warmed up during the day. Betty, kids and I went down to Dorothea’s to get a photo of the Horton family. She had the car washed. Dorothea got a brand-new bedroom set for Jeffrey’s room. It is beautiful. Bill and I called at Aunt Ava’s in evening.



Thursday, January 29, 1970 MILD

A very nice day, mild. Cloudy in a.m. I done up my work, went down to Betty’s. Went to town with her. She got a lot of nice groceries. Fern stayed with Kim and Zak. In evening I called on Fern while Billie got his hair cut.



Friday, January 30, 1970

I done up my work, went to town with Fern and Lloyd. Did errands for Billie. Came home, did rest of my washing. A nice day, a breeze. Clothes dried good. Carmen to her Brownie meeting tonight. She came home with Bill. Billie to the dentist this morning.



Saturday, January 31, 1970

A nice day. I done up the regular work. Carmen out on a sledding party with the Brownies at the leaders home, Mrs. Ruth Lord. Kim came up here. Fern up here for supper.

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