The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

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almost all the villagers falling in. The service in the church yard was solemn and touching, conducted by the old Rector the Rev. J. Graham - it was the first time I had heard “earth to earth, dust to dust, ashes to ashes, it appeared so dreadful sounding on the coffin lid. At the grave they sung Steel’s appropriate hymn for the occasion:- “When blooming youth is snatched away, “by Death’s resistless hand, “Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, “Which pity must demand.” Etc The sad event cast a gloom over the old Lodge family and resulted in a sad change in the management of business affairs, resulting I think in a great change in the future of the position of most of the family. Ann, my sister, the third child was born 1796

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