<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On Tue, 6 Aug 2019 at 13:31, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I may have been misguided here, but to me any narrower pathway in a settlement would be suitable for the alley tag. Like those in the pictures here: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree. But they may not have names. The one in my town are all dead ends. So not used</div><div>by pedestrians as short cuts from A to B, therefore no need to name them. They might be</div><div>used by the residents, or those visiting the residents, and (of course) the night soil man</div><div>and possibly other tradespeople, but not thoroughfares.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>These are very typical for historic centres (often much older than late 19th century).</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Again, I suspect their original purpose was for the night soil man and tradespeople (even</div><div>60 years ago it was expected that tradespeople, charity collectors, etc. would use the back</div><div>door of a house even if there were no back alley). And I also suspect that the ones with</div><div>names were short cuts of one sort or another. Because "Night Soil Alley" is not a name</div><div>anyone would want to have associated with their property, but a short cut would get a</div><div>name, sooner or later.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br>
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