The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

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carriages was I sight, I had never seen either before or since. The mournful cortege wended their way to Hucknall. His remains were deposited in a vault, a very unpretentious monument, was erected. Visitors from all parts of the world, came to inspect the last resting place of the gifted poet. For a short time bobbin lace, and bobbin making were very flourishing in Nottingham. Everyone who had a little money was rushing into it. I was asked to try to learn to work a machine. I had not enough enterprise, the good trade did not last long, so perhaps I lost nothing by sticking to the dirty provision business. In 1824 I entered heartily into the work of Sunday School teaching at Stoney Street Chapel School, where for some years a capital school had existed.

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