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!

Saturday, January 11, 2020

September 7 - 10, 1973


Friday, September 7, 1973

A very nice day. Betty mowed lawns. I helped in the house. Bill down there working in PM. He finished up at the Jones cottage.




Saturday, September 8, 1973

Sunny in a.m. It clouded up. I did a dite of cooking then went down and babysat at Betty and Walt’s while they went to Freddie Packard’s wedding. Billie away with Lawrence for a little while. Bill and Billie mowed lawns.



Sunday, September 9, 1973

A very nice day. It got quite cold and windy. I done regular work. Bill and I went to Harrison to see where Crook’s place is. Then took a ride. Betty and Walt and kids went for a ride down to Sebago Lake. Walt went out in a sailboat. Billie down country with Lawrence.



Monday, September 10, 1973 Bill worked at Betty’s

A nice sunny warm day. Very cold in a.m. Betty, Esther and I went to Portland. Esther and Betty did some shopping. We called at Dorothea’s a little while. She is very lame. Billie home on vacation.



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