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“Ambassador”, Old Coulsdon: dog-head
“Ambassador” burglar alarm, Old Coulsdon • More cockles, and a dog prancing on someone’s head. Loads of these heraldic alarm shields have helmets on top, and this is a bit like Hadleigh – maybe they...
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“New Century Security”, Bristol: double whammy
“New Century Security” burglar alarm, Bristol • This is a double whammy: a shield-within-shield logo. And not just that, but a gauntlet clutching a lightning bolt, a rampant lion, a window at night (I...
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“Bristol & West Security”, Bristol: criminal tattoo
“Bristol & West Security” burglar alarm, Bristol • The name looks and sounds as if it’s a building society (the old fashioned non-hedge fund sort) – so maybe it was. Under Photoshop enhancement,...
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“Sentry Alarms”, Hull: furry hat
“Sentry Alarms Limited” burglar alarm, Kingston upon Hull • It’s not just the Queen who’s guarded by blokes in giant furry hats – they’re very popular on burglar alarms, as we shall see. The one above...
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“Assure”, Glasgow: foot guard
“Assure” burglar alarm, Glasgow • The correct name for these guys is Royal Foot Guards, and the Her Maj has four in front of Buck House whenever she’s in residence (two when she’s not). This one’s...
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“AllguarDelta Security”, Derby: dead bear
“AllguarDelta Security” burglar alarm, Derby • Those bearskin hats actually are made of brown bear, all the way from Canada. Apparently the Army has tried to find a synthetic substitute, without any...
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“Homeguard Security Systems”, Derby: bobble hats
“Homeguard Security Systems” burglar alarm, Derby • These guys look like toy soldiers, albeit with guns – and their bearskins look like bobbles. But, given the Queen only gets four Foot Guards outside...
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“Guard Security Systems”, Camden: vicious
“Guard Security Systems” burglar alarm, Camden • That’s enough Foot Guards – here’s an altogether more violent fellow, who I think may be meant to be a Norman soldier. In fact, he’s the most vicious...
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“Guardian Security”, Hull: James Bond
“Guardian Security (Hull)” burglar alarm, Kingston upon Hull • Now we move from guards to guardians, an altogether gentler-sounding concept. This one’s a mysterious figure with a touch of menace – and...
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“HSS Alarms”, Tower Hamlets: yeoman
“HSS Alarms” burglar alarm, Tower Hamlets • HSS used to be based in Harlow, so I reckon HSS stands for Harlow Security Systems. Aptly for a sounder located in Tower Hamlets, it pictures a Beefeater –...
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“Isis”, Oxford: posh
“Isis Security Systems” burglar alarm, Oxford • Oxford’s other famous river is the Isis (a posh name for the Thames), which like the Cherwell gives its name to a long-running student magazine. Isis...
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“Western”, Falmouth: staring eyes
“Western Security Systems We Watch Day and Night” burglar alarm, Falmouth • Not the most obvious time reference, but the roundel at the top states “we watch day and night”. And to reinforce the point,...
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“Century”, Derby: 100 years
“Century Alarms” burglar alarm, Derby • I already published one of these here in the Roman Britain theme, with a slightly different box. But Century also suggests time: 100 years, in fact. Hope...
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“ATA Systems”, Bristol: intricate
“ATA Systems Protegimus” burglar alarm, Bristol • Not sure if this is related to yesterday’s ATA – the trestle-tabley monogram’s quite similar, if somewhat ambiguous as to whether it says AA or ATA....
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“Pro-Guard”, Stroud: professionalism
“Pro-Guard Security Solutions Ltd” burglar alarm, Stroud • There are lots of guard alarms, but this starey-eyed sounder is the only one offering the added excellence of professionalism. If you wanted...
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“i2i Security”, Middlesbrough: geddit?
“i2i Security Middlesbrough” burglar alarm, Middlesbrough • There’s only one eye so it’s Eye 2 I, geddit? If it was Eye 2 Eye, they’d have had an eye on both Is. And if it was I 2 I, it would suggest...
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Secure Installations Alarm, Falmouth: giant hand
“Secure Installations Alarm” burglar alarm, Falmouth • Giant hand holding tiny house – nice. • Spotted: Market Strand, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative...
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Trust Alarms, Camden: blubbing
“Trust Alarms” burglar alarm, Camden • Another version of the superb blubbing house I featured here, near the start of this blog. • Spotted: Leather Lane, Camden, London, EC1, England, 2011 •...
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Crime Cure, Bristol: old fave
“Crime Cure” burglar alarm, Bristol • Update of an old favourite, as featured here. Where’s the house? It’s surrounding the massively complex heraldic device. • Spotted: The Arcade, Horsefair,...
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DR Security & Electrical Ltd, Islington: blobby
“DR Security & Electrical Ltd” burglar alarm, Islington • Dr Blobby’s in da house – another version of a very old favourite, as posted here. • Spotted: Compton Street, Islington, London, EC1,...
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Southern Electric, Islington: 1980s
“Southern Electric Security Systems” burglar alarm, Islington • This is a very 1980s-looking illustration, though I daresay the alarm is more recent. Whether it’s the same Southern Electric as this...
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Morse, Camden: sleuthing
“Morse Security” burglar alarm, Camden • A giant felon’s fingerprint on a shiny light-up bell box – how great! The name suggests the sleuthing of Inspector Morse, but of course also evokes morse code...
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Robot, Camden: serf
“Robot” burglar alarm, Camden • And finally, the ultimate computer: a 1980s New Romantic-style robot. (I know I’ve included Robot before, but this is a slightly different logo.) Wikipedia pop fact:...
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Challenger, Stratford-upon-Avon: shuttle
“Challenger Security Products” burglar alarm, Stratford-upon-Avon • Not just a thrusting heraldic glove, but NASA’s second ill-fated space shuttle, which completed nine missions before breaking apart...
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Crime Stop, Birmingham: avatar
“Crime Stop Protected” burglar alarm, Birmingham • Used as my avatar yet I’ve never previously published this round version. So here it is, in all its shadowy intruder-like glory. • Spotted: Meriden...
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HSS Alarms, Tower Hamlets: close-up
“HSS Alarms Harlow” burglar alarm, Tower Hamlets • Shown in the distance ages ago on a snotty guano wall, and now here in glorious faded close up. • Spotted: Pundersons Gardens, Tower Hamlets, London,...
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Pittoors Systems, Antwerp: shadowy
“Pittoors Systems” burglar alarm, Antwerp • Ah, a shiny Belgian interpretation of the “shadowy intruder” theme – and stylish with it, as befits a city renowned for cutting-edge fashion. That’s the last...
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Guardian Security Ltd, Camden, N1, 2012
“Guardian Security Ltd” burglar alarm, Camden • Brilliant! A fancy typeface and a bloke in equally fancy dress waiting, rather poncily, to impale burglars. They don’t make ‘em like this any more...
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Kings, Islington, 2012
“Kings” burglar alarm, Islington • This is rather superior – the Mona Lisa on a royal burglar alarm! • Spotted: Camden Passage, Islington, London, N1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour...
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Krypto Security, Hackney, 2011
“Krypto Security” burglar alarm, Hackney • From the sublime to the ridiculous: yesterday the Mona Lisa’s smile, today some gurning New Romantic clown. • Spotted: Rivington Street, Hackney, London, EC2,...
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