File:Betty and Nancy Debenham's 2,000 mile tour (1929).jpg

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English: In 1929 Betty and Nancy Debenham made a wager with racing driver Kaye Don that they could complete a 2,000 mile tour without spending any of their own money. They rode their motorcycles around Britain in winter weather, bartered for fuel, and posed for photographs in exchange for money.
Date February 1929
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"Girls' 2000-mile motor cycle tour". Birmingham Gazette. 20 Feb 1929. p. 3.

https://www-newspapers-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/image/783570366
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Motorcyclists Betty and Nancy Debenham in 1929

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