The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

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bedrooms on the first landing 30/- per night. We found Port Erin a pleasant healthy quiet sea side resort; the bay sheltered on the N.W. by the Braddan Hill and Head, on the east by the high headland and beach, on the south by the pleasant sloping Hills to the Calf of Man. The bay is limited in extent, open to the sea from the west. We found the sands limited but the rocks and caves very pleasant sheltered from the heat and wind. We took rambles to Port St. Mary, Fleshwick Bay, Bradda Head, the Chasm and other places of interest; several pleasant sails in Robert Macregreens’s good boat; did a bit of fishing, spent a pleasant fortnight there. As Sarah and her daughter had not seen much of Douglas, we went to spend the last part of our time

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