Juner Family - David Juner at Fleets Colliery
David Juner at the Fleets Pit, Tranent
This is part of a larger photo of a group of miners taken around 1910 at the Fleets Pit near Tranent, East Lothian.
His cloth cap has a metal clip where a 'tally lamp" would be attached. This was a simple metal oil or tallow lamp with a wick going down a long spout. These burned with a naked flame but could be used instead of safety lamps as inflammable gas was not a problem at the Fleets Pit.
To the right, part of a coal waggon loaded with coal can be seen.
The photo is now part of the David Spence Collection at East Lothian Council Museums.