The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

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Belton. I went with my brother Daniel to the said school. The first Standard was imperfectly taught. The Primitive Battledore the alphabet, and words of the most simple character were printed pretty large on a bit of card-board. The old English style of pronunciation was taught, shall, could, would etc pronounced as spelled. I had pretty often to stand on the stool for being in mischief and have a tall brown paper cap on my head. Nevertheless old dame Fawkes was not a bad sort, she tried to teach us truthfulness and good manners. We had always had to make our obeisance in coming and going with a “Sarr Marm” an abbreviation for your servant madam. When we were extra good we got a “Bullseye”. The only boys’ school was old Billings’ the parish clerk he preferred a visit to the Greyhound, to teaching the young mischievous hounds who attended the parish School. Being Dissenters we at that time of day were

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