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, April 10, 2024

April 26 - 29, 1989

 

Wednesday, April 26, 1989

 

A quite nice day but a dite warmer. It want too bad. I got my work done up. Got ready. Carmen and Brogan came. We went to North Windham. I got my other glasses and I got these new ones straightened. We did some shopping. Carmen was very pleased with her new clothes. Tonight Carmen went down and got Betty Smith. She went down to be at Betty’s while Dorothea, who came down, papered the kitchen.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 27, 1989

 

Another quite nice day. I done up my work, did a wash. Watched shows. I wrote to Eddie. Debbie and children came. Then I went down to Betty’s while she worked in the Heritage Room. I love that. It is so interesting to see all of those family heirlooms. It is very pretty up there, she laid the new rug. Carmen helped of course. Carmen and Brogan on the tractor (the Case) came up here to see Billie. The kitchen looks so pretty. Kim did such a good job painting.

 

 

 

Friday, April 28, 1989

 

I’ve begun reading the papers and Coronas today. I watched TV soaps. Billie been working outside most of the day. He watched the last of the shows.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 29, 1989

 

We had kind of a nice day. I made three pies, two apple and one mince, bread and baked the beans. I washed floors etc. Carmen, Billie and Brogan hauled dressing. Betty busy all day. Kim painted in PM. Kim down to Windham first thing.

 

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