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, November 16, 2020

Octber 7 -10, 1976

Thursday, October 7, 1976

 

Heidi is a dite better this morning. I went to Conway with Betty and Esther, we did our grocery shopping. Got home about 1:30. Heidi still kind of restless. She is improving now.

 

 

 

Friday, October 8, 1976

 

Partly cloudy and some showers. I done my regular work. Bill and I to town in a.m. In p.m. we went down to see Myron Ward. No go, he hasn’t got the money and no knowing when he will have it. So we are still tied up and left holding the bag. I hope he will get it sometime.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 9, 1976 RAIN

 

The last day of Fryeburg Fair and it has rained hard all day. No let up. The Horton’s were going for all day but they only went over a little while. Zak went down to Mary Anne’s for a couple of nights. Bill and Billie didn’t do much. I baked beans and made a couple apple pies.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 10, 1976

 

A very nice sunny day, but very windy and quite cold. I did my washing. Betty and Walt called, also Carmen and her friend. Kimmy up here all day. Billie up to Chet’s this p.m. Chet told him to bring the toolboxes back.

 

 

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