After a few years working in different areas of Great Britain, MacColl relocated to Boulogne-sur-Mer, in France on the Channel, where he developed the greater part of his work and became a French citizen.
Posle nekoliko godina rada po različitim oblastima Velike Britanije, Makkol se preselio u Bulonj na Moru, Francuska, gde je razvio najveći deo svog rada i postao francuski građanin.