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!

Friday, June 5, 2020

February 17 - 20, 1975


Monday, February 17, 1975

Another nice day. Mild. I done regular work. And some of rest of the washing. Billie worked. Walt didn’t. Bill didn’t do anything all day, nothing left to do. I talked with Dorothea. I stayed with the Horton children this evening while Walt took Betty out for supper for her birthday.



Tuesday, February 18, 1975 mild

A cloudy dreary day, on the warm side. I did some ironing and other odd jobs, looked over my papers. I had Zak while Betty went to her group meeting. She had another birthday party.



Wednesday, February 19, 1975 WENT TO CONWAY FIRST TIME I SHOP WITH FOOD STAMPS

A partly mild day. I done up my work. Betty came, she and I and Kimmy went up to North Conway and done my grocery shopping with FOOD STAMPS. That was fun. I got a lot of groceries. After that we ate at McDonald’s. Came home. Kimmy stayed up all night.



Thursday, February 20, 1975

Nice and mild again today. I done my regular work. Bill took me to town to shop. Carmen came up today to stay all night. She is going away tomorrow. She took a shower and washed her hair today. Betty had a lot of company. Louise, Dawn and Mary Anne. Kim and Zak had a good time with Louise’s kids. Mr. Saltman called, he paid Bill.

Nanny saved everything

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