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, July 9, 2025

November 19 - 22, 1993

 

Friday, November 19, 1993

 

This has been a very cloudy day, rain all day. In late p.m. it rained hard and during the evening. Carmen came this morning. She got a lot of the work done. Then at about 1130 Walt’s new stoves came. I watched them unload them etc. I hope he has good luck selling them. Zak up this morning for coffee. Billie got his bath today. About 1 o’clock the lady came to sign us up for the oil assistance and electricity. Dorothea came and got the supper.




 

 

 

Saturday, November 20, 1993

 

A mixed weather condition today. Cloudy, windy, on the coolside. I done up my work such as it is. I wrote to Esther and got Billie Deming’s card ready to go. I wrote my Scotland cards. David came for coffee this morning. Carmen came, did her work. Betty H and Dorothea went to Oxford shopping.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 21, 1993

 

Esther 81 years. She is in Florida. I got my papers all read and the puzzle done. Betty came to get the lunch. Carmen sick with bronchial asthma today. I worry about her with those two children on her hands. I hope she lives until they are on their own. Poor little urchins. Walt up for coffee. Zak up later. Walt and Zak working on the new stove set up

 

 

 

Monday, November 22, 1993 CHAIRS CAME

 

A quite nice day, it was on the coolside. Today they brought the chairs. Billie got one for himself. Then he bought me one for Christmas. He shouldn’t have done it. They are beautiful. I love mine, it is a shade of pink. It is very comfortable. Carmen came and did her work. Dorothea also called to see the new chairs. Betty came and got the supper. Zak came for supper. Walt didn’t. We had a very good supper. Cameron was here with his mother. Also Brogan came after school. Went to the brownies meeting tonight.

 

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