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sussexdiamond wrote:

rushdenman wrote:In it's early days Higham played on Lancaster fields, and the name was shortened to Lankies to give them their nickname.

Well thanks for that guys. there is always someone that knows....who needs google!

Just need to crack the 'cudges' bit now.

A search on Facebook will reveal who uses that nickname in the Higham Ferrers area.

Cudge is the nickname of the fella who used to run the RHUFC twitter account.

Cudge i believe is a guy who was a couple of years above me at senior school, he was nicknamed Koogie at school after Koogie bear, pretty certian it is the same guy, he was a Lankies stalwart

Cudgy may be cudgy Palmer who I remember as a stalwart of Higham Town going back at least 25 years

mac wrote:Cudgy may be cudgy Palmer who I remember as a stalwart of Higham Town going back at least 25 years

He is indeed, usually can be found in the bar at Hayden Road regardless of which of their teams is playing.

mac wrote:Cudgy may be cudgy Palmer who I remember as a stalwart of Higham Town going back at least 25 years

he must be a long lost relative of mine with that surname.

Phil Palmer I think his name is.

Some interview with fans about the move, recorded yesterday and broadcast on R Northampton - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04w5nz ... sh_regions