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, March 23, 2022

October 29 - November 1, 1981 Halloween!

Thursday, October 29, 1981

 

Bill down to North Windham to have the hearing aid checked out. I did my shopping down there. I went with him. I went down to Betty’s for a while. Her house looks very nice. She has it all cleaned.

 

 

 

Friday, October 30, 1981

 

A nice day. Betty took Delores to town. I went down and helped Betty do her kitchen windows etc. Bill and Billie worked in the woods. Bill took Kim to town to shop.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 31, 1981

 

A very nice and sunny day. I done up my Saturday work, down to Betty’s and washed her porch windows on the outside. She did all her other windows on the outside. I came home, took bath. Baked the rolls and bread. Bill and Billie worked in the woods all day.

 


 

 

 

 

Sunday, November 1, 1981

 

A very nice sunny day. I done up regular work. Bill and Billie worked in the woods. Bill got quite tired. I worked at my desk all day. Kids called.

 

 

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