Debenham Sisters
Betty and Nancy Debenham, with their dog, Poncho, were keen motorcyclists. Nancy won a Gold Medal at Brooklands in 1926.
The Debenham Sisters
9 mars 1928, Levallois, pesage des motos du Paris-Nice, Thoran (Thorat?) sur von Lupt i.e. Fonlupt, 250 cmc.
"La Grande Marque Charolaise" of was created in 1920 by Alfred-Jacques Fonlupt in La Clayette in Saône-et-Loire.
Sold Louison L.S.N. motorcycles, probably rebadged, in 1926. At the 1958 Paris Salon they presented 5 models.
Fonlupt served as the mayor of La Clayette during World War II. He saved a young Jewish girl named Rébecca Hakim by arranging for her care by local residents who hid her from the Nazis.
The firm ran as a family business until 1985, producing as many as 500 bicycles per month.
Sources:
Didier Mahistre
Motos dans la Loire
Journal de Saône-et-Loire
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