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, June 29, 2020

May 13 - 16, 1975


Tuesday, May 13, 1975 Sunny and nice

A very nice sunny day, on the hot side. Today I did some ironing, cleaned closets and other cleaning. Betty to her meeting in a.m. Then in p.m. Betty and I went to Shaw’s at Conway and did the grocery shopping. Kids had on their shorts tonight.



Wednesday, May 14, 1975 Hot

A very nice hot day. It seems so good to have a nice hot sunny day. Today I done some more washing and I cleaned draws and some cupboards. Betty went to Windham and bought a brand-new kitchen set for her back porch. I’m so glad. Now if she can get one for the kitchen it will be good. And her whole house will look so much better by having it. Bill painted here and down to Betty’s today. Mary Anne and Dawn called at Betty’s today. Billie finished up down along the wall and it looks very nice and neat. They began working down at Walt’s today in the woods.



Thursday, May 15, 1975 kitchen cupboards

Cloudy but it cleared. We got a little rain. We cleaned kitchen cupboards. A big day’s job. Holly had a nervous breakdown in hospital. Bill went down and had some x-rays on his eye. Carmen went after school for eye test.



Friday, May 16, 1975 kitchen

Another nice day. We are having beautiful weather. In a.m. Esther came. She, Betty and I cleaned my kitchen. It looks very nice tonight. I’m so pleased they done such a good job. In p.m. we went to Norway and done a little shopping. Holly home from hospital. She is quite worked up. Betty and Walt called on them this evening.


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