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Memories & Anecdotes
(Much of the articles are extracted from the 1998 Newnham Village Appraisal Report)

Miss Norrington's memories (Miss Norrington died Feb 1970 at the age of 92)	Miss Florence E.Bensted's Memories (Born in Newnham 1897)	The Railway That Never Was (The 1899 planned rail link for Newnham)
Mr Sid Kennard's memories (Born in Newnham 1925)	Mrs Violet Neaves memories (Born in Newnham 1910)

Anecdotes

Newnham Chickens
The grandmother and uncle of Joan Jeffrey, a local historian in Canterbury, lived in a cottage opposite the 'Old Forge' pre 1940. Joan told Ruth (Nosiadek) that the call for gathering chickens to be fed was "Coupie! Coupie! Coupie!" and that this was peculiar to Newnham.
by Kathy Friend