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, February 12, 2019

April 6 - 9, 1970


Monday, April 6, 1970

Windy, but not too bad. I washed, clothes dried good. Down to Betty, Kim came up. A letter from SUSAN Betty got today. Kim is better from chickenpox. Dave began working days. It is better for Jeff.



Tuesday, April 7, 1970 Colored TV

A nice day, on the cool side. Snow went a lot. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. In p.m. I ironed. Cooked a dite and Jim brought the new TV. Betty and kids called in PM. We enjoyed the new colored TV tonight. Sal called in PM.



Wednesday, April 8, 1970

Cloudy in a.m., on the cold side. I washed the living room rug this a.m. Down to Betty’s while it was drying. We called Dorothea. She saw a doctor about Jeff. It has caused her to get all upset and in a very nervous condition as much as it has Jeff. Snow is going some now. Quite a lot of bare ground in the yard around the stone walls etc.



Thursday, April 9, 1970

I done up regular work. Went down to Betty’s and stayed while she went to town. There are a few bare spots showing now in the field. The snow is beginning to turn dark. We like that the new colored TV.

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