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!

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

January 28 - 31, 1986 Challenger Disaster

 

Tuesday, January 28, 1986’s SPACE FLIGHT

 

Well another miserable day, very cold, windy, some sun off and on. A very very bad tragedy. The seven astronauts all were blown up in the space capsule in less than a half hour after they left the launchpad. It shook up the whole country. It was a terrible shock to the school children in Concord New Hampshire as their teacher was one of them.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 29, 1986

 

On the cool side, some sun and some clouds. I done up my work and other things. In PM Betty and I went to Lewiston and got Carmen a new TV with control. In evening Walt, Betty and I took it over to her. She called here for breakfast this morning. She worked from 11 PM Tuesday to seven this morning. Bill to the Dr. for checkup. Cold this PM.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 30, 1986

 

A beautiful day, sunny and mild. Milan called. Carmen here for breakfast this morning. Out to lunch with her new boy friend Dennis. I’ve been busy all day. Walt here at suppertime with a paper for Bill to be filled out for the Medicare program. Carmen didn’t feel very good, tired, asthma. Dorothea called and got me a few things at the store.

 

 

 

Friday, January 31, 1986

 

I did up the work. Changed the beds. I did a wash. Billie out and in. Bill reading. Milan called. Zack gone away to a friends for the weekend.

 

 

 

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