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!

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

July 25 - 28, 1976

 

Sunday, July 25, 1976 Windy

 

This is been a quite windy day and cold. I done regular work, washed. I picked the beans over we picked yesterday. Carmen was here and she helped. Kimmy was here a minute. Billie up to Chet’s. In evening we went down to Ferns. She and Lloyd are getting along quite well. Dorothea and Dave called, we gave her beans, eggs, milk and raspberries.

 

 

 

Monday, July 26, 1976

 

A quite nice day. I went down to Betty’s in a.m. In p.m. we went to Conway and North Conway, New Hampshire looking for table and chairs. Today Bill painted Betty’s kitchen floor. It looks very nice. Tonight Betty cooked their supper up here and ate up here. Lloyd and Fern alone today and got along okay.

 

 

 

Tuesday, July 27, 1976

 

Gone today to Portland. I got me some new shoes and Betty and Billie got me some for my birthday. They are nice shoes. I brought home a Kentucky Fried Chicken for supper. Kimmy went, she went to the teeth doctor. Also got her new school clothes. She was such a happy little girl.

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 28, 1976

 

I washed today. Zak up here. Betty and all hands gone down to South Windham to the Animal Refuge Farm for the day. Bill didn’t do anything today. In evening I went to the band concert with the Deming’s. Susan and family went too.

 

 

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