We chose Christ Church Cathedral for Evensong
tonight. It was sung by the College Choir (rather than the
Cathedral Choir). The standard was good, but not as good as the
Cathedral Choir. The music was the Responses by William Smith,
the Canticles by Dyson in F and the anthem "Peace I Leave with
You" by Amy Beach.
We had dinner at Bella Italia Restaurant in Oxford. Satoshi
enjoyed spaghetti carbonara and I had lasagne.
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And now... the answer!
It's a silver coffee pot! It's built in the form of an early
Great Western "Firefly Class" locomotive. This coffee pot was
used in the Refreshment Rooms at Swindon Station in the 1840s.
Small burners under the engine kept the coffee warm.
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