London Ladies' Motor Club

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The London Ladies' Motor Club (sometimes referred to as the London Ladies Motor Cycle Club) was a motorcycle club for women based in London, England, founded in 1926 (or 1927), and affiliated with the Auto-Cycle Union.

The club was founded by well-known racer and stunt rider Jessie Hole (later Jessie Ennis).{{cite book |last1=Mullins |first1=Sasha |title=Bikerlady: Living & Riding Free! |date=2003 |publisher=Citadel Press |isbn=978-0-8065-2519-8 |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ywzw6z5eZMkC&pg=PA25 |language=en}} The club president was Kathleen Pelham Burn (Countess of Drogheda),{{cite news |title=Team of Women Motor-Cyclists |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/891758196 |work=Liverpool Post and Mercury |date=26 Jul 1934 |page=7}} and Betty Debenham acted as the press secretary.{{cite web |title=London Ladies Motorcycle Club (founded in 1927) |url=https://ietarchivesblog.org/2017/11/30/london-ladies-motorcycle-club-founded-in-1927/ |website=IET Archives blog |publisher=Institution of Engineering and Technology |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=en |date=30 November 2017}} Other notable members included Nancy Debenham, Marjorie Cottle,{{cite news |title=Motor Girls' Quick Change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/789762842/ |work=Daily Mirror |date=3 March 1930 |page=14}} Mrs Victor Bruce and Violette Cordery.

In 1927, the club's team was victorious at the Archery Sports motorcycle trial, beating several teams of men.{{cite news |title=Where Girls Excelled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/789763509 |work=Daily Mirror |date=16 Feb 1927 |page=21}} In 1928, another team of club members won the first motorcycle race organised exclusively for women, held at the Brooklands track and organised by the Essex Motor Club.{{cite news |title=114 M.P.H.: Woman Motorist's Fine Performance |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259038288 |work=The Guardian |date=1 October 1928 |page=5}} The club went on to organize their own events, including trials and races, for both men and women. In 1931 they planned a forty-mile race in Surrey and Kent in which men competed and the club members officiated.{{cite web |title=Male motorcyclists taking part in a forty mile race over difficult... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/male-motorcyclists-taking-part-in-a-forty-mile-race-over-news-photo/107712974 |website=Getty Images |access-date=15 July 2023 |language=en-us}} In 1935 they announced the first women-only team trials event. The club also organised recreational events for its members.{{cite news |title=Motor-cycle Girls on Holiday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/848970264 |work=Evening Despatch |date=6 Aug 1929 |page=5}}

Starting in 1930, the club published a magazine for its members.