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Invicta logo. Invicta is a British automobile manufacturer. The brand has been available intermittently through successive decades. Initially, the manufacturer was based in Cobham, Surrey, England, from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England, from 1933 to 1938 and finally in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, from 1946 to 1950.
The museum displays the unique 1830 steam locomotive Invicta, which operated on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, and Whitstable's first horse-drawn fire pump, which required twenty-six volunteers to operate. In 1867, the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society donated it to the town. [11]
Presently, Invicta is owned by the Transport Trust. During November 2008, it was announced that a £41,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant had been made to Canterbury City Council to develop a new museum at Whitstable to house Invicta. The extension was completed in 2019, and Invicta was lifted to its new home on 16 June 2019. [3]
On 30 September 1975, Invicta ceased operations as a result of European Ferries decision to cease airline operations. [40] In February 1976, the assets of Invicta were bought by Universal Air Transport Sales, which Kennard had set up. [41] Invicta was sold in 1980, Kennard left the company and established a business at Canterbury restoring ...
[18] [19] [20] [15] The Invicta locomotive was housed here. [21] Between 2009 and 2012, Canterbury Heritage Museum held many of The Beaney's exhibits during its refurbishment, including the Sir Basil Dixwell by Van Dyck bought for £1 million by Canterbury in 2004; Sir Basil had lived at Broome Park near Canterbury. [22] [23]
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Whitstable has a local radio station in KMFM Canterbury which also serves Canterbury and Herne Bay. It was previously known as CTFM , until it was taken over by the KM Group in September 2007. [ citation needed ] County-wide station Heart Kent (formerly Invicta FM) was based on the John Wilson business park in the town.
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