On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 08:49, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 5. Aug 2019, at 07:06, Florian Lohoff <f...@zz.de> wrote: > > > > Which of those do carry names typically? I cant see any? > > alleys > Typically? In some parts of the world, maybe. In others, not so much. Of the three I can think of in my town, none have names. Side-note. Those three alleys give access to the rear gardens of the houses either side of the alleys. Most have a garage at the rear accessed via the alley (with no room at the front of the building for a garage). Given the age of most of the buildings they serve, the late 1800s, none of those alleys would have been intended to provide access to garages. I surmise that the original purpose of the alleys was for what was known as the "night soil man" who emptied the outside toilets that were the pinnacle of sanitation at the time. If you were well-off you could afford a house with a back alley so that the night soil man didn't have to carry a bucket of unpleasantness through your house. Given the sensibilities of the time, those alleys would barely be acknowledged, let alone named. -- Paul
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