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!

Thursday, February 17, 2022

June 25 - 27, 1981 Papa and Carmen off to SCOTLAND!!!

 

Thursday, June 25, 1981 OFF TO SCOTLAND, Carmen and Bill, At last Carmen’s day has come

 

Early morning, sunny. It clouded up. I done up regular work then I got ready, took bath etc. Then Bill got ready. Fern came. At about 1:30 we left for the airport with Carmen and Bill. It was a off and on cloudy showery day. It wasn’t too bad till we got to Windham. Then the rain came heavy. We got into the airport. It rained quite hard but let up a dite. We get their luggage checked etc. Then went up, had lunch and then waited for the departure which was to be at 4:10 PM but nervous fidgeting Carmen and her worried grandfather didn’t get off till 6:10. When we came out to come home it had cleared off nice. Joy, Laurie, Fern, Kim, Zak and I all went with Betty to see them off. I’m so glad for Carmen. Also pleased Bill got the chance.

 



 

 

 

 

Friday, June 26, 1981 ZAK ON TRIP WITH DAVID IN THE TRUCK 18 WHEELER ZAK SAYS

 

A partly cloudy but windy day. I did a lot of work, cleaned Bill’s bed, all in good shape. A lot of other jobs. Kim came up tonight to stay all night. It seemed good to have her here. Zak went with David on his run tonight. David said he was so good. Zak was on top of the world to go. He was so pleased.

 

 

 

Saturday, June 27, 1981

 

A beautiful day. Dorothea came early. Kim and I had got the work done up. Dorothea came also Zak came with Dorothea. We went, picked Fern up and took off for the Allen Reunion at Evergreen Valley  “OVER HOME ”. It was very nice up there. Everyone had a good time and had a nice dinner and everyone seemed to have a good time. It was very nice. Kids had such a good time in the pool. We got home at about 5:30. We all had supper. Dorothea, Kim, Zak, Billie and I. It was good. Strawberries and cream. Kim was so tired when she got home. Had a cold too, a bit. She went to bed soon after supper.

 

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