The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

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wife was timid, having at our table Mrs. William Goodliffe who had told me, I must not expect to have nice apple puddings and pies if I married such an inexperienced girl. But when the apple pie was cut and tasted, my brother William was quite gushing in his praise of the excellence of the apple pie. “Yes”, I said “it’s the first she has made me”. I was not a little proud, and she pleased and encouraged. We spent a very pleasant evening, and the young wife and brother in law soon became good friends. I am afraid I was over anxious about getting a living and paying our way, and careful almost to meanness. Trade and business about that time was very bad, requiring great economy. I arranged with a good rich old farmer Mr. Holland the landlord, to put me in a new shop front, excavate a cellar, and

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