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. Adrian