>> > ADRABBOTT@aol.com writes > > In a message dated 28/09/2010 16:06:30 GMT Daylight Time, > ian.hayley@btinternet.com writes: > > Could "Mack" be a familiar name for Mr MacLean? ..... a common nickname > for > a Scotsman! > > > I think you could be right - maybe it is supposed to mean D.A.Maclean of > Middlesboro and Blackpool, also another shop called "Mack" in Sunderland. > > I have heard that photographers were notorious for saying they were "of > Paris, Vienna and Monkwearmouth" for example because it looked good and in > those days nobody could disprove it. > Did your quote miss any punctuation? Looking on the web another example of this photographer's work is quoted as having a statement: " A Maclean Middlesbro' & Blackpool: and Mack, 12 Holmeside Sunderland 3798" - notice the colon after Blackpool. I think this supports the suggestion that it is two businesses that are being identified. BobH