3-021-960 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Female Civilians Riding Motorcycles on an Uphill Climb, 1931. 'Marriage didn't seem to make any difference. With all those mass-produced devices to help with the washing up, cooking and cleaning, there was no knowing where Mrs. Sally Smith [ie the average British woman] might end up. "No time for whist today, dear - got a rally tomorrow. Must get the old bike tuned up first".' From "Time To Remember - A New Era", 1931 (Reel 2); documentary about the world in the early 1930s.