Working in a coal mine - 11

“I’ll look out for the church when I go back to Manchester.” I said. “I sang in a Cathedral choir as a boy chorister for seven years.” I continued. “So now, is it safe to open this box?”

“Yes, it is. Have you got the tools that you need?”

“Of course.”

“I’ll leave you to get on with it then… tell you what, we’ll sing a hymn for you as you work.”

“If you would. ‘Guide me, oh Thou great Jehovah’ would be appropriate.”

So they did.

I undid 8 bolts, lifted the heavy top off. There is the transformer.