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!

Monday, July 1, 2019

September 28 - October 1, 1971 Checking out the New Maine Mall


Tuesday, September 28, 1971

I went to Portland with Betty. We called at Dorothea’s. She went with us as we went to the brand-new Maine Shopping Mall. It was very nice. I hope to go shopping there someday. Betty bought a brand-new dress for the banquet Saturday night. Dorothea and Jeff came up to Barbara’s and called in evening. David on New York trip for Merrill.



Wednesday, September 29, 1971

It has been a cloudy day, no wind or rain. It was kind of warm. I washed, clothes dried good. I went down to Betty’s a little while. I may cookies and a pie. I washed, ironed etc. Bill worked at Gordon’s. Fern, Lloyd called after supper.



Thursday, September 30, 1971

I was at Betty’s all day. She mowed lawns. I did some odds and end jobs for her. She has been so busy all this week.



Friday, October 1, 1971

Betty to Portland with Kim to the clinic for Kim’s heart condition. They told Betty her weight is going down and they will operate soon. I worked at Betty’s, cleaned up her house etc. to get ready for her company this weekend. Classmates. We all are quite sick up about Kim and this operation. Bill working for Gordon this past week. Billie likes his work better.

The World's first Selfie??





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