After finding a parking space nearby and making our way to the building that sits on the main road, too short sets of stairs lead up to two double doors, only one lays open. on the front of the building up high the words “the borough” in the triangle formed by the sloping roof and the bar formed by the straight edge of the architecture “ Welsh congregational Chapel” the one open door leads into a shallow lobby or a tall man in a suit hands out hymn books. He’s suited because of all traditions of dressing well when going to church from a time when the community was centred around church and saw an opportunity to present one’s family in a good way to avoid judgement. The hymn books are handed out to remind people of the lyrics to the song as which will be collectively sung, done so as a form of worship but also to Foster a sense of community. the songs are in Welsh the language of culture and nation based roughly 263 km away, not everyone speaks it fluently the result of years of English restrictions but most can read it well enough to use the himbox, some don’t need the books for certain songs they remember them well from their childhood and it often creates a strong sense of nostalgia. people talk amongst themselves after they place coats and bags on their respective pews, all of which face the end of the room at which there is a raised pulpit. Just in front of this poll bit is an electric organ connected to two large almost-rooms located on the top left and right corners of the large space, in these almost rooms there are speakers covered by a facade of pipes to emulate an analogue organ. The space is tall and the sound reverberates around it the voices of everyone talking and updating each other about their lives and the lives of their relatives in both English and Welsh. a man in a jumper and smart trousers ( dressed in such a way to provide more movement when playing the organ) sits at the organ. The preacher, having greeted people, goes up to the parapet and waits for everyone to notice she is there and then for everyone to go and sit down. when they do, should be going to speak, long passages and Welsh, and then switching to English and then Welsh again. she projects her voice so everyone can hear her. occasionally she will Direct everyone to sing from a hymn book there is a set of numbers on display; each number corresponds to a hymn in the book in case people forget where they are, the organ player plays the tune, using his own set of numbers on a different part of the wall as a reference. As everyone sings different people sing in different vocal ranges, depending on the quality of their voice, this is not formally organised and is done according to their ability. After about 2 hours of this cycle of hymns and sermons, the organist plays a specific song, it has no significance, he just tends to play that one, and the service itself is over