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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

I'm researching the Grahams from Brampton. This is what we have so far:-

The 1841 Census
Edmond Graham (age 50) and his wife Sarah (45) are living at the Moat Houses in Brampton, Cumberland (now Cumbria), together with 7 children. James, Thomas and Mary are triplets aged 20 (a miracle of survival in 1821), Margaret (15), Edmond (14), William (11) and Frances, a very late arrival aged 1 (mum was 44). We would like to know about his occupation and previous generations.
The 1851 Census
Young Edmond is now 24 working as a watchmaker in Blackfriars Street, Carlisle and married to Frances (26) who was born in Kesket, Cumberland (known now as Hesket – which is the place we kennel the dog). Carlisle is about 8 miles from Brampton where he was born and they have children Margaret (3, who was born in Scotland  - Gretna is only 10 miles up the road) and John (10 months old born in Aspatria about 40 miles from Carlisle- he was not to survive as you don't find him on the 1861 Census).
The 1861 Census
Edmond has now moved to 128 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland  about 80 miles distant, he's packed in watchmaking and is now a carter – moving stuff about with a horse and cart. In 1861 he now has 5 children:- Margaret (13), Alfred E.(, John W. (6) (He replaced the earlier John who'd have been 10), Elizabeth (5) and Thomas (3). On Census night they were also accommodating a visitor George Haugh who was 25, married and a “Eating House Keeper” born in Cumberland.
Again there'd been a fair bit of moving around 1851-61. Alfred E was born in Cockermouth or Keswick, John W. in Newcastle, Elizabeth and Thomas in Bishop Auckland.
My wife is a descendant of Alfred E.

We're trying to find out what occupation Edmond had in Brampton, and who his prior generations were. Also if we can make a link with George Graham the famous chronometer inventor who came from Brampton and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Note the younger Edmond was watchmaking in Carlisle so there is a possible tenuous connection.

Any help welcome. By chance we moved to Cumbria 10 years ago from Manchester and have just found the local family connections...

Keith-Clan