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, September 8, 2021

November 5 - 8, 1979

 

Monday, November 5, 1979

 

A quite nice day, sunny and quite mild. I washed and done up some odds and end jobs. Bill up to David’s and Peter Hewson came and fixed furnace. Billie worked all day splitting wood for Walt. Today David went to the doctor. He had a bad abscess, which he went to the hospital and had it taken care of. It relieved him of that awful pain after it was drained. Carmen home with asthma problems. I’m so worried about those 2 girls. It is going to cause them bad problems later in life Dr. Richards told me. Betty had to go down to school to get her.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 6, 1979

 

Well a partly cloudy day. Mostly fair. I done up my work. Went to New Hampshire to Shaw’s with Betty and Joy. Missed all my programs today. $237 $218 and $66 is what the groceries came to. Billie worked at Fern’s and hauled some wood to the shelter.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 7, 1979

 

Quite a fair day. I done up my regular work. Did a small wash. Went up to New Hampshire (Chatham) with Betty to a antique dealer. Came home, I watched my 3 programs this PM. Billie up to Joy’s to fix her hen house. Bill up to David’s. Carmen home today. Walt had a nice lot of wood come today, about 10 cords, 4 foot lengths. Joy went up to New Hampshire with us. She called this evening. So far this month the weather has been very good on the whole. Mild and mostly sunny

 

 

 

Thursday, November 8, 1979 MILD 45 to 55

 

A pretty good day. It is mild. We have had a very (….) I got ready and went to town. Betty, Delores and me. I made a meat pie for supper. Bill up to Dave’s a little while.

 

 

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