Hi Forgive me if it's not completely within the domain of this list but one of my ancestors who lived in Borough Road, Birkenhead in the 1890s had a photograph taken at G HIGGINSON Art Studio, 16 Nevill Street, Southport. Would it have been common at the time for people to have travelled so far away from home for a formal portrait ie. were there only very few such studios operating at that time? If anyone would like to take a look at the photo it is at http://www.eng-villages.co.uk/m_a_storey.html Kind regards Leigh Yeager