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2 unusual facts about Vectis


Vectis

The Vectis Formation, an Early Cretaceous fossil-bearing geological formation on the Isle of Wight

The Vectis National Party, a political party active on the Isle of Wight in the early 1970s


History of Southern Vectis

In 1987, as a result of deregulation, Southern Vectis started the Eastleigh and Southampton bus company Solent Blue Line.

Southern Vectis

During 2011, due to the aftermath of the council cuts it was announced the road trains were to be scrapped, talks between the Isle of Wight Council and Southern Vectis to start up a bus service based on the former Shanklin Road Train route was discussed.

In 2008, after the sale to Go-Ahead Group, Southern Vectis again practised duplication, this time running parallel to the Isle of Wight Council's Wightbus school services.

Sunday Referee

In 1925/26 the paper gave front page coverage for many weeks to apparent revelations by the writer Frank Power (real name Arthur Vectis Freeman) about the sinking of HMS Hampshire and the disappearance of Herbert Horatio Kitchener ten years previously.


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