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!

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

February 2 - 5, 1971


Tuesday, February 2, 1971

12 below. Very cold. We worked at Aunt Ava’s again, dishes, bathroom, draws, cupboards etc. Betty, Fern, Es and I. Cliff did some things to help us. We got the trunks in. What a lot we found in them, dishes, linens, keepsakes etc. Ken and Dolores called. We had a pretty good time.


Wednesday, February 3, 1971 30 below

We did some more work at Aunt Ava’s. Had Sally come up to look at some of the things we had etc. Margaret and her sister came to. Found some pretty dishes upstairs. 300 years old a couple pieces.



Thursday, February 4, 1971 25 below

Today we cleaned the shed chamber. What a mess. Sal and sister both were there. We hauled a lot of mess to the dump. We found a lot of pretty dishes up there.



Friday, February 5, 1971 Carmen 8 years today

Very cold today. Over to Aunt Ava picking over etc. Picked over papers etc. Celebrated her day on Sunday 7th.

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