The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

The Story of My Life - The original, handwritten version of the Memoirs of Arnold Goodliffe

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9 years. Owing to the excessive heat his health gave way, business at Melbourne was bad, his success was not so good as he hoped it would be. During the years from 50 to 60 I was a busy radical politician. Battles at St. Peter’s Church against church rates, an ardent supporter of Joe Sturge, occasionally doing a bit of spouting at meetings for reform, elected Chairman of the Completed Suffrage Association, John Hutchinson being Secretary. Elected 1857 to the Council, had a tussle with Bashaw William Felkin, “two times twice mayor”. Was Vice-Chairman of the Sanitary Committee for 3 years, was complimented for my punctuality and attention to the duties of the office by the worthy William Enfield, Town Clerk. I gave great offence to the betting men, who wanted to establish spring races, and spend £300, of the rates for the course. For that and two or three other votes, I was voted out by No. 30 and I felt afterwards I was a coward for not fighting it out. Being an abstainer

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