What bike is this

[Worty]

Anyone identify this bike from 'All the light we cannot see'.

First impressions were a Velo, then Norton, could be a 'hybrid'?

https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/all-the-bikes-we-cannot-id.1683293/

[Greybeard]

Ariel?

[Joolstacho]

Nothing on that is remotely Velo. That gearbox is an early BSA heavyweight one isn't it?
French Mongrel? Les Metis?

[Worty]

Nothing on that is remotely Velo. That gearbox is an early BSA heavyweight one isn't it?
French Mongrel? Les Metis?

Does say 'Newman' on the tank, could be Martinsyde-Newman, but I think they were V twins.

Think you could be right in saying it's a bit of a mongrel.

[Rex]

It's a French New Map, a make in it's own right.

[Worty]

It's a French New Map, a make in it's own right.

The prize goes to you Rex - spot on.  Read it as Newman.  Time period is correct too.  Well done mate!