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!

Sunday, December 29, 2019

July 22 - 25, 1973


Sunday, July 22, 1973 HAYING ALL DONE

It dawned fair and clear. I done up the work. Went to town. Came home, made sandwiches. Went down to Walt and Betty’s to eat sandwiches. Hortons, Thomases, Yates, Crooks and the Crook guests. Had a nice supper and had a good time. Today Betty and Walt got there haying all done and in the brand-new barn. Billie, Dave and Bill helped.

Putting Hay in the New Barn

Poppa playing 'Foot Ball'





Can tell they are brothers!




Monday, July 23, 1973

Another beautiful day. I done regular work and I did a dite of washing. We got ready and went down to the tenting area to see Gordon and family. Went to Raymond Maine and got the glass for the refrigerators. Came home, got supper, had peas. Esther and Vince called.



Tuesday, July 24, 1973

A very nice day, not too hot. I done regular work, washed a dite. We went up to Evergreen Valley. Came home, had lunch, picked string beans and after supper went down and called on Fern and Lloyd.



Wednesday, July 25, 1973 it got very hot

Today we took a trip up to Telstar. Had a lunch at a very nice restaurant in Rumford. We had car trouble. After we got home Bill, George and Betty went down and got the car fixed.

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