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, July 30, 2019

January 12 - 15, 1972





Wednesday, January 12, 1972

A beautiful day. Nice, sunny and mild. I done regular work and washed. In p.m. Bill and I took a ride over around Pleasant Mountain. We went down to Betty’s till Kim went to school.



Thursday, January 13, 1972

Cloudy, foggy. A very dreary day. I done up regular work. Bill and I down town shopping, came home. Called at Betty’s till after Kim went to school. We came home. I did my ironing, made a pie and watched TV. Bill got his earnings account from the town today. He went down to Walt’s and Walt filled the income tax out for him.



Friday, January 14, 1972 Sending Income Tax in today, Zak has a cold

Cold and clear. Lloyd and Cliff came for the rubbish today. A nice day. I went down to Betty’s while she went to Westbrook. She got donuts, bread etc. She had lunch with Walt. Zak coming down with a cold.



Saturday, January 15, 1972

I did regular work. Baked beans, made a cake and pie. Kim came up in p.m. and was here for supper. I looked over clippings and old town reports from Aunt Ava’s. In late p.m. went to town with Betty. I did some ironing today.


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