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, March 15, 2019

August 4 - 7, 1970


Tuesday, August 4, 1970 Carmen begins camp

A nice day, not too hot. Carmen went to mini camp. She will go for three days. Betty, Susan, Kim, Vince, Zak and I all went to Norway or Oxford and looked at trailers. Betty to Grant’s and did a little Christmas shopping. Bill and I called at Gordon’s in evening.



Wednesday, August 5, 1970

Cold today. Carmen gone to camp again. Betty and I went down, got sawdust for sheep. I babysat while she did her lawns.



Thursday, August 6, 1970

A nice day, I washed. Down to Betty’s. I worked at my desk all day.



Friday, August 7, 1970

Done up my work, went down to Betty’s. Dorothea and kids came up. We all went shopping. Groceries. Came home, got supper. Went down, got Sue and Vince, they went too. Bill and I down town after supper.


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