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, June 15, 2019

July 26 - 29, 1971


Monday, July 26, 1971

 Hot and humid. I washed, went to town with Betty. Paid taxes, insurance etc. In evening Bill and I went up to East Stoneham. We paid balance on driveway. Billie didn’t do much of anything except working around here. My washer went to pieces, belt got loose or something. Bill and Billie fixed that. Bill home early from Jean’s.



Tuesday, July 27, 1971 hot and humid, new lawnmower

Another hot and humid day. We had showers and got a lot of rain. We needed the rain, more than an inch. I helped Betty picked string beans. Bill and Billie mowed the lawns. Billie got a new lawnmower for trimming etc. Billie over to Esther’s for supper tonight. The kids came up, Carmen, Kim and Zak. Bill didn’t work today.



Wednesday, July 28, 1971

(Blank)



Thursday, July 29, 1971

Kids up for a little while. Went to town shopping. Billie took me to get groceries etc.



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