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, September 6, 2020

January 23 - 26, 1976

Friday, January 23, 1976 18° below when we got up, Chet

 

 

Well a nice day, on the cold side. We went to North Conway. Billie took Chet up to North Waterford to a place to board this winter. He isn’t at all well, he don’t want to stay up there.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 24, 1976

 

Not too bad a day, sunny and comfortable. Kimmy up here, she cooked. David called today, here a long time. He brought the car up but Rudy couldn’t fix it today.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 25, 1976

 

Sunny and much milder. A beautiful day. Kids to Sunday school. Walt shoveled old and cut ice from his roofs. Bill went ice fishing. Billie done has regular work and up to see Chet. He was glad to see him. I did a big wash, clothes didn’t dry too good. I got them in because we’re supposed to have rain tomorrow.

 

 

 

Monday, January 26, 1976

 

A cloudy day. Raining all ice glaze. Bill and I went to town in a.m. In p.m. I ironed. Pat Braley, Chet’s nurse, called tonight. Brought up some of Chet’s clothes. Billie didn’t go up tonight, such bad traveling. Mrs. Hutchinson didn’t call today.

 

 

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