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 3, 2019

October 6 - 9, 1971


Wednesday, October 6, 1971

A partly cloudy day. I did some cooking, hand washing, ironed, mended etc. etc. I wrote to Milan and Betty. Bill working at Gordon’s. Esther and Cliff called in evening. We had thundershowers early in the evening at about suppertime.



Thursday, October 7, 1971

Nice day, cool. I done up my work today. Betty gone to Maine Medical Center in Portland to give blood for Kimmy’s operation. Zak and kids up here. In evening, called at Fern’s. I washed today. A nice sunny day on the cool side.



Friday, October 8, 1971

A beautiful day. I did refrigerator, regular work.



Saturday, October 9, 1971 hair set, $360

Cold, partly cloudy. I baked beans, made cookies (molasses). Did regular work. Billie took screens off, took care of porch furniture etc. Worked in the garage. At suppertime Dorothea and family called. Bill and I went to Fryeburg Fair with them, it was fun. Betty, Walt and kids over there too. Their company came tonight, John and Celia. Bill got paid from Helen Jones $360.


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