David Juner at Fleets Colliery
This is David Juner in the 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.
The photo is now part of the David Spence Collection at East Lothian Council Museums.
NOTE - Please do not reproduce this photo without the Museum's permission.
I have used it only because I obtained permission from Mr Spence in 1982