Unicorn Inn - Hale Barns

[turenne]

Hello Liz,

Richard Madeley (Richard and Judy) was born at Southfields as well. The flats are very smart now and the penthouse recently sold for an astronomical sum. East Downs Rd is now one of the smartest in the Hale/Bowdon/Hale Barns area, though sadly the open land has disappeared.

Cheers

Richard

[LizzieW]

East Downs Rd is now one of the smartest in the Hale/Bowdon/Hale Barns area,

Wow, pity my parents didn't stay there instead of making financial mistakes such as selling up and buying a sub post office in Cheshire, that when they sold they didn't have enough money to buy another house.  My mum thought, until the day she died, that their solicitor and accountant were crooks who took all the money, but they were my dad's so called friends and he wouldn't hear a word said against them.

Oh well, c'est la vie as they say in France.

Liz

[turenne]

The cheapest house is £600,000 up to the £1.7 million mark for the most expensive. A shame your dad didn't listen to your mum.

It has to be said however, that there are plenty of people around here who made similar mistakes. Who was to know in the 60's, that Victorian and Edwardian properties, then somewhat unfashionable, would be worth so much in later years?

Richard

[LizzieW]

A shame your dad didn't listen to your mum.

He was a Northerner and brought up to believe that men were more important than women and that what they said was always right.  He had 3 sisters and 2 brothers and the girls were brought up to wait on the boys!!!  Imagine what today's girls would say if they were told to wait on their brothers.

Liz

[usacheshire]

This is a very old thread but I found it today as I searched for Hale Barns.  I believe the Moores were being researched.

I have a John Moore who married Mary Perrin in 1788.  John inherited some property from his father in law in a will of 1802.   

This family are my cousins 6X removed.   

[usacheshire]

Just to add to my last post, the Unicorn shows clearly on the Cheshire Tithe Maps and John & Mary Moore are owner/occupiers.   I believe John Moore used to be a Blacksmith.

[oldtimer]

Hi UsaCheshire

Thanks for your comments.

I have pm'ed you.

Judy 

[Keith-clan]

HI!
By chance I bought an old photo album at a flea market the other week. In it is a good photo of the "Old Unicorn Inn, Hale Barns taken just before it was pulled down and rebuilt" (This photograph taken for inclusion in a brochure published by Cox Brothers). There is a man stood in front of the building who might be the landlord.
Date around 1924 going by other photos dated in the album.
Is this of any interest?
Keith-clan

[oldtimer]

Hi Keith,

It is a bit late for my ancestors living there, but I would certainly like a copy if you would be so kind.

I will pm you my email address.

Thank you very much

Judy