The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham
The Story of My Life - The original, handwritten version of the Memoirs of
Arnold Goodliffe
In 2006, the
original handwritten version of Arnold Goodliffe's The
Story of My Life was
located. A scan of the pages is available here,
as image files of each page with an accompanying transcript. To make it
easier for you to read, I have linked each page, one
screen at a time. Click on the Forward or Back buttons to move through
the book.
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The writing of the story of my life. Together with a few historical
particulars of my family and ancestors, has found interest and
amusement for me, during some of the days I have been laid aside by
varied ailments from more active duties. My son Thomas, knowing I had a
bit of a weakness about old family matters etc bought, and brought me a
book to scribble a few particulars in about my ancestors, and what he
pleased to call "The Story Of My Life". I have
had it in my mind for some time to glean up and collect some few
instances of our ancestors. I missed the opportunity of doing it as
well as I might have done by deferring till so late in my life and
especially by not obtaining much more information than I did from my
dear mother who was able to supply me with many little bits of
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