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!

Friday, October 27, 2023

August 26 - 29, 1987

Wednesday, August 26, 1987

 

We done up the work. Billie and Esther over to Susan’s for a little while. I went down to Betty’s for a little while. Bill had test today for the kidney etc. Billie and Esther down to Milan and Betty’s for a spaghetti supper. Also Betty, Walt, Zack, Carmen and Dennis and Brogan. Jeff called at Dorothea’s late this eve.

 


 





 


Thursday, August 27, 1987

 

Didn’t do much. It got warmer. It was some sun. We washed. Esther, Billie up to Dorothea’s and down to the post office and got a letter off for Chris to enter school. Kim and Carmen down to Betty’s today. Zack had his pictures taken for the yearbook and didn’t work today. We watch soaps in PM. David back to work tonight.

 

 

 

Friday, August 28, 1987

 

Billie went to town in a.m. Milan called. Carmen and Brogan. Billie worked in the garden picking things. Betty came up. She and Kim to town.

 

 

 

Saturday, August 29, 1987

 

Rain today which we needed very much. It rained last night also. Didn’t do much today. It was a cloudy miserable dark day. Bill was cold all day and had the furnace going for he has a bad cold. He is okay. I baked some beans. Esther made Harvard pickles, cabbage salad and a German chocolate cake. I made some home made bread and biscuits for supper.

 

 

 


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