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!

Sunday, September 1, 2024

October 9 - 11, 1990 Surprise Visit from Scottish Relatives

 

Tuesday, October 9, 1990 Perm

 

1:30 my perm. My perm today, a very good one. I didn’t do much except got cleaned up and ready to go to the perm at 1:30. Carmen took me. She took Billie to the foot doctor Goldenhar at Fryeburg. She got a very good supper. Cloudy all day.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 10, 1990 SURPRISE

 

Cloudy, and dark and dreary today. Well we got the surprise of our lives today. John Crook Junior and his wife Raye came from Scotland. We all was very pleased to see them. Betty, Carmen, Brogan, Betty and I was on our way to go up to Augusta way to see or look for ponies and a riding horse and luckily we hadn’t got started and my nephew and wife by marriage called. So we immediately changed our plans to visit. Had lunch at Betty’s. Also a roast pork supper down there. Up to Dorothea and David’s in evening. Took pictures. A very nice eventful day and evening.

 



 



 

Thursday, October 11, 1990

 

Today I went way up to Augusta, Vasselboro and other nearby towns looking at ponies. They found one. Also riding horse. Didn’t leave until about 1 o’clock. They found the places good and easy. It was a pretty ride. Ate on the way. Got home about 8:30 PM. It was a good ride. Dorothea and David up to Vermont to visit with David’s grandmother, they had a very nice long visit with her. It rained all day.

 



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