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, August 3, 2020

September 22 - 25, 1975

Monday, September 22, 1975

 

It was a nice sunny day. I done up the work. Went down to Betty’s. She, Fern and I went down to Windham and around. Betty bought some antiques. Went grocery shopping. Fern had a nice ride, enjoyed it very much. As usual Bill and Billie said their mouth full when I got home.

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 23, 1975 Rain

 

Another heavy rain today. I hope the water gets into the wells. It has rained very hard. Today we worked at Betty’s and got her shed chamber all straightened out again. It looks clean and nice with the new chimney. Zak got his bows for his glasses today. Carmen had hers tightened up.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 24, 1975 Rain

 

Another rainy day. I done a dite of cooking in a.m. In p.m. Bill and I went over to Fryeburg and North Fryeburg, Fryeburg Harbor all around looking for a front end loader for the tractor. Came home and found out Betty’s well has gone dry. They got some water up here to use.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 25, 1975

 

Bill working up to Camp Encore today. I did my wash at Betty’s. I did some odds and end jobs. Dawn was down to Betty’s today. Another rainy miserable day.

 

 

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