The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham
The Story of My Life - The original, handwritten version of the Memoirs of Arnold
Goodliffe
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very badly paved, we did not get home until after 11. When we had paid our
cart hire we should barely clear a 1/-. It was hard lines but we meant
by God’s help to pay our way. The young wife keeping shop until we got
back. On the Saturday Oct 16th 1831 out first born son entered the stage
of life; it was accompanied with great anxiety. Little old Dr. Jarman
ordered the greatest care quiet and attention to be paid to the young
mother. She was very feeble, and her head was awful bad, then the baby
boy had a fit, I ran off for the doctor under the impression that he was
dying, quite expecting when I got back to find him dead, glad to find
evidences of life, he soon recovered and the mother also. She objected
to set up a cradle, did not believe in rocking babies, so she made
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