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, May 31, 2019

May 30 - June 2, 1971


Sunday, May 30, 1971 PLANTED

Nice and clear in early a.m. and in early p.m. it began to cloud up. I done up regular work. Changed beds and washed sheets and a few things. I planted a few seeds. Bill and Billie planted the garden. I watched them. I called on Esther in p.m. She is better. Betty sick all day. Also Walt not feeling good. Kids all better.



Monday, May 31, 1971

A pretty cloudy day. Some rain showers. Bill and I went down to Gorham and got some strawberry plants. They set them out. Es and Cliff called in evening. Betty got hurt today in the nose and her leg got bruised.



Tuesday, June 1, 1971 Permanent

A nice day. I washed, clothes dried good. I went down to Betty’s. She went to town, shopped etc. Kimmy up here today. I did some ironing. I got a permanent today at Janet Lawrence’s.



Wednesday, June 2, 1971

A very nice day. Kimmy went on her class picnic. She had a very good time, it was up to Brooke Hatch’s on the Ridge. I was down to Betty’s. Betty made Italian sandwiches for supper. Kim brought home a very good report card from school. I done some odds and end jobs. Cleaned rugs in bedrooms etc. I washed windows inside and out.

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