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, May 23, 2021

September 19 - 22, 1978

Tuesday, September 19, 1978 Zak’s school papers

 

A very nice pretty day. I done my regular work down to Betty’s for a little while. I cleaned up Bill’s car. I got my green tomato mincemeat canned up. I went up to the orchard at Waterford flat with Billie, we got apples and cider. Billie harrowed Walt’s garden again. Bill down to help Betty a while. Betty took Kim to hospital for relief in her lungs. I ironed after supper. Joy called tonight. Kim went in a.m. and PM to have her lungs pumped out. Zak brought up some more 100 A+ papers. Also Carmen got the highest rank in her class for biology.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 20, 1978 A NICE LONG RIDE

 

A beautiful day. It was clear, sunny and warm. I done up my regular work. Ground rest of tomatoes and apples for the mincemeat. Then I got ready and we, Billie and I, took Fern and Esther for a very nice long ride up into New Hampshire. It was beautiful, the mountain vews. We had dinner at a very nice restaurant in Tamworth. We went over 150 miles. Kimmy down twice today for checkup etc. at the hospital.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 21, 1978 HOT

 

It has been a very hot and humid day. Went to town in a.m. Susan, Esther, Delores and I. I came home, done some washing. Called at Fern’s. Frances and Thena were there. Bill and Betty worked on the camp. Billie down to Lawrence, over to Joy’s and helped. He and Bill fixed her tractor.

 

 

 

Friday, September 22, 1978

 

Well it is been cloudy today but no rain, just a dite of a shower. Well I done up my work, ironed, finished the mincemeat, down to the camp were Bill and Betty are working. Billie to Norway, South Paris and called on Lloyd. Kimmy gone down to Debbie Woodbury’s for supper and evening.

 

 

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)