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, July 10, 2019

November 3 - 6, 1971


Wednesday, November 3, 1971

A nice sunny day. Betty took Fern to Portland to see Dr. Cole. She is bad again. I had Zak and Kim. I did a little washing.

Carmen 8,Kim 5, Zak 22mos



Thursday, November 4, 1971

A very nice mild day. Betty and kids to the dentist. I stayed with Zak. In p.m. we went to town.



Friday, November 5, 1971

A nice day. I helped Betty clean her bedrooms for winter etc. In p.m. we went to town. Es called in evening. I done regular work. I deposited $460 in bank.



Saturday, November 6, 1971

A quite nice day. It warmed up. Very mild all night. Today I baked beans, made two apple pies. Did regular work. Dave Thomas called, Lloyd and Cliff for rubbish. Bill worked today at Gordon’s. Betty, kids and I to Conway to Giant Store at North Conway. Called Milan and Betty, we are not going to Connecticut.



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