The Goodliffe Family of Nottingham

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

In 2006, the original handwritten version of Arnold Goodliffe's The Story of My Life was located. A scan of the pages is available here, as image files of each page with an accompanying transcript. To make it easier for you to read, I have linked each page, one screen at a time. Click on the Forward or Back buttons to move through the book.

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The writing of the story of my life. Together with a few historical particulars of my family and ancestors, has found interest and amusement for me, during some of the days I have been laid aside by varied ailments from more active duties. My son Thomas, knowing I had a bit of a weakness about old family matters etc bought, and brought me a book to scribble a few particulars in about my ancestors, and what he pleased to call “The Story Of My Life”. I have had it in my mind for some time to glean up and collect some few instances of our ancestors. I missed the opportunity of doing it as well as I might have done by deferring till so late in my life and especially by not obtaining much more information than I did from my dear mother who was able to supply me with many little bits of interesting