The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

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reconciled to the change and agreed to stay. When she came back from London, she was all smiles and affability telling us about some of the “lions” Madam Tussciurds, the Zoological Gardens, and grand parks etc. Under the influence of Cupid, the widow was all blandness and smiles. I got an invitation to stay the wedding and honeymoon over, my broter William rather even to me apologizing for thinking of marrying a woman nearly old enough to be his mother, because our father married our mother who was about 15 years younger than himself and therefore had such a large family and some of them in his old age. He certainly need not fear annoyance from that cause. I began to like the life and bustle of the town and considered that having two brothers at home when one would have been better, I made an arrangement myself

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