Talk:Carlisle Turkish baths

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A fact from Carlisle Turkish baths appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 March 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in the 1960s one could have tea and toast served to your changing room at the Carlisle Turkish baths in England?

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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 01:26, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Carlisle Turkish baths (at right)

... that in the 1960s one could have tea and toast served to your changing room at the Carlisle Turkish baths in England? Source: "Her mother, Freda, 88, remembers coming to the baths in the 1960s when attendants gave massages, and would deliver tea and toast to bathers cooling down in the cubicles" from: Pidd, Helen (2 October 2022). "'I'd be lost without it': locals battle to save Carlisle's Turkish baths". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ALT1: ... that the 2022 closure of Carlisle Turkish baths left only 11 operational in the UK, out of around 700 built? Source: "The first Turkish baths in Britain and Ireland opened in 1852 in County Cork and, over the course of the next century, about 700 were built. Only 12 remain in operation, nine of which are public, and Carlisle’s are the last in the north-west of England." (NB: article was before Carlisle's closure) from: the same source as above
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Fort Phantom Hill

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 14:51, 17 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Carlisle Turkish baths; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:22, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Served to vs Served in vs Delivered to?

Hey, @Dumelow, is this BrEng? In AmEng we'd generally use either 'served in' or maybe 'delivered to'. I've never heard food/drink being served to a place. Valereee (talk) 18:34, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Valereee. Maybe, it's certainly common to see "served to your room", for example for room service. Perhaps there's a dialect neutral way of putting it? - Dumelow (talk) 18:57, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think I'm fine with it. Just wanted to make sure there hadn't been an introduced typo and that there were others it didn't sound unusual to. Valereee (talk) 19:01, 21 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]