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Originally Posted by Welsh Anorak
As a matter of interset, the Mastermind game which was popular in the Eighties which involved coloured pegs was made by Invicta. The Invicata logo looked very similar to that on the TVs. Was it the same company?
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I doubt it, Invicta Plastics Ltd was based in Oadby, Leicester and was incorporated in 1951. The company was liquidated in 2016.
A Waitrose supermarket was built on the site and I have shopped there several times in recent years. However, Waitrose decided to close this branch last year!
Invicta Radio Ltd, Radio Works, 37 Parkhurst Road, London, N7 (in 1937, 44 & 52) – a radio manufacturer.
Established in the 1930’s (by C O Stanley, of Pye).
In 1937, the directors were: L A M Hodson, C A Hiscock, F W Tyler, C A W Harmer & C O Stanley.
In 1938, their head office was at St Andrews Road, Cambridge, with a London office at Great Marlborough Street, London, W1.
In 1953, their sales department relocated to: 100 Great Portland Street, London, W1 (still there in 1958 & 62).
Certainly a Pye subsidiary by the 1950’s. Invicta was Pye’s wholesale brand.
The Invicta "rearing horse" logo is also in the coat of arms of Kent County Council.
Meaning “invincible” in Latin.