1911 Census Eight years after Alma’s financial problems as a ship-smith he could be found working as a blacksmith for Goole Urban District Council. Alma Harlington Head 54 Married Blacksmith, Urban District Council Goole, Yorkshire Emma Harlington Wife 51 Married Goole, Yorkshire Charles Harlington Son 15 Single General labourer Goole, Yorkshire Louisa Harlington Daughter 14 Goole, Yorkshire Norah Harlington Daughter 13 School Goole, Yorkshire Harry Harlington Son 8 School Goole, Yorkshire
By 1903 Alma Harlington’s work as a ship-smith (a blacksmith who worked on ships) was evidently unprofitable and he had run up debts. He was able to avoid bankruptcy by entering into a deed of arrangement with his creditors to pay 7s 6d (37½p) in the £1. In the UK, a Deed of Arrangement is a written legal agreement made between a person or organization that owes money and the people or organizations that they owe money to. The agreement states how the debts are to be paid. Allowing for inflation £233 in 1903 is the equivalent of £19,807 in 2020 and £87 would be £7396. Hull Daily Mail - 28 Aug 1903 1911 Census : Alma Harlington : 84 Percy St, Old Goole