The life of a Thermos

Imparting a taste of home, no matter where it’s taken, the Thermos warms hearts and bodies alike. For Tim Hayward, it’s an object rich with memories – and ready to be filled with more

The Thermos sits at the back of the bottom shelf in my kitchen cupboard. You have to mine to find it, through strata of rarely used gadgets. It’s a little rusty around the bottom rim, the plastic cup on the top is a probable mismatch and the tartan would be more associated with cheap, mass-produced shortbread than any actual clan. I found it in a smelly old fishing bag when I was cleaning out Dad’s stuff and, obviously, I couldn’t throw it away. “The Thermos has a magical ability to carry a piece of home” The Dewar or vacuum flask was invented by Sir James Dewar in 1892, a delicate double-walled vessel of silvered glass that, for a while, would slow the process of cooling or warming the liquid stored in it.…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2022

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