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, September 26, 2022

September 30 - October 3, 1983

 

Friday, September 30, 1983

 

Another beautiful day. I did a wash and ironed. I got ready to watch soaps but Betty called and I went down there for a little while. She is getting her house cleaned up to get ready to go away tomorrow. Their lumber did not come today either. So no work on the shed. Bill and I took Fern down to get her hair done. Betty picked her up. Billie took the mowing machine off the tractor. He does too much.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 1, 1983

 

A fair day, on the cloudy side. I cleaned up the house, made a pie. Washed the floors. Carmen came, we did the tomatoes. Then we went and got ready to go to the reception for Natasha and Bob. It was nice and a lot of people there. Dorothea called in PM. I went down to help the kids wrap the liver. Betty and Walt to Rhode Island today but came home tonight.

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, October 2, 1983

 

Cloudy and drizzly. First day of the Fryeburg Fair. Susan working over at the fair this year. And Joy. I didn’t get up till 7:30. Kim worked. Carmen and Alan to the fair. Billie busy. Bill didn’t feel too good.

 

 

Digging up potatoes!

 

Monday, October 3, 1983 a beautiful day very mild

 

I did regular wash. I cleaned my room, would have got Billie’s done but I went with Betty to take Zak over to the fair. It was a beautiful day, leaves are very pretty. A very big crowd at the fair. Billie got his garden plowed. David home on vacation and he got his garden plowed. Kim worked all day today. Carmen back to work.

 

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