Talk:Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House

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Did you know... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, sold tea, coffee and cocoa at a penny a pint and also provided billiards and reading rooms?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 01:42, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, was established by Frederick Thorpe Mappin to provide non-alcoholic entertainment to the working classes? Source: "The three-storey building was originally Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House, built in 1877 by Sir Frederick Thorpe Mappin for working-class men to use instead of pubs ... The idea was that working people could enjoy something of the pleasures of ‘gentleman’s clubs’ but without the influence of alcohol or expensive membership fees." from: Armstrong, Julia (30 December 2022). "Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House: Heritage campaigners fight to save Victorian coffee house from demolition". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ALT1: ... that the Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House in Sheffield, England, sold tea, coffee and cocoa at a penny a pint and also provided billiards and reading rooms? Source: " A cup of tea, coffee, or cocoa will be obtainable for a halfpenny, and a pint for one penny ... The reading-room and billiard-room are equally open to those who visit the institution." from the Builder magazine (vol 35, April 1877), quoted in Roscoe, Nick. "Save Mappin's Coffee House!". Hallamshire Historic Buildings. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Raising of Lazarus (Jan Lievens)

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:55, 7 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Highfield Cocoa and Coffee House; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Reviewing... New enough, long enough, interesting hook, will complete shortly. Whispyhistory (talk) 14:11, 7 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... no copyvio issues. Both hooks short enough and are in article and followed by citations to reputable sources containing hook fact. QPQ provided. I prefer proposed hook and suggest ALT1 could end after word penny. Thank you for an interesting read. Whispyhistory (talk) 04:46, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]