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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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