Row 4: 1 Mr Waite, 2 (man holding pickaxe) .
Row 3: (both sitting) 1 , 2 , (group of 3 men- all leaning against front of wall) 3 , 4 , 5
Row 2: (all sitting) 1 , 2, 3, 4, (standing to the right) 5 .
Row 1: (all sitting) 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5

Kelly thinks that this photo shows either a group of miners or quarry workers in the Forest of Dean.

Although, many of the men have dirt on their clothes, there is no indication of dark coloured coal dust. None of the men are carrying lamps.

A clue to photo may be the small devices that some of the men are holding (see detail- left)

The wall behind the men appears to be propped up and has very distinctive brickwork.

Mr Waite lived at Blakeney.

Can anyone help add more details to the photo?.

Dave Tuffley added (Sept 2007): "It looks as though the things held in the workers hands are a flame lamp as used typically in the cornish tin mines. The wick is held in an upper long thin tube, the reservoir is in the larger diameter at mid point and the lower thinner diameter was put in a external hat band. The fuel used was a lamp fuel of some sort. I have seen examples of such lamps but not locally to the Forest of Dean".