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“ADT”, Derby: hexagons and tax barons
“ADT” burglar alarm, Derby • I’ve just emerged from a bout of research on my selection of “Modernist” alarm boxes – Modern, ADT, Thorn, Chubb, Capstan, Lander, Shorrock, Yale – and my head is spinning....
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“Advanced Security”, Bristol: Georgian splendour
“Advanced Security” burglar alarm, Bristol • Advanced alarm, ancient door. Like the wall behind Knight in Kilburn, it wouldn’t look out of place in Renaissance Italy, though it’s actually next door to...
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“Phoenix”, Sheffield: Phoenix Arizona
“Phoenix” burglar alarm, Sheffield • Perhaps reborn from yesterday’s Phoenix, and unusually decorative for a burglar alarm, this tattoo-like design looks more Phoenix Arizona than ancient Greece. But...
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“PM Security Systems”, Brighton: time and tied
“PM Security Systems” burglar alarm, Brighton • A mere chunk of chain on an identity that also references time, another popular alarm trope. It’s a rough-looking bit of chain, more suited to leg irons...
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“Co-op Sunwin”, Stoke-On-Trent: brutalist tears
“United Co-op Sunwin Security” burglar alarm, Stoke-On-Trent • My family are from the Midlands, so I know that despite spawning heavy metal and Robbie Williams, the locals are decent people. But the...
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“ADT” duo, Tower Hamlets: waterfall of poo
“ADT” burglar alarms, Tower Hamlets • Eeeeuuw, a veritable waterfall of pigeon poo. I pity the poor ADT engineer who has to service this unappealing pair – there’s enough guano here to impress David...
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“Locktec Security Group”, Camden: yawning
“Locktec Security Group” burglar alarm, Camden • A while back I posted an ultra-boring Locktec alarm consisting of dull blue lettering, but if this is the same firm they seem to have reincarnated as a...
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“Wakefield Security & Fire”, Shoreham-by-Sea: surreal
“Wakefield Security & Fire” burglar alarm, Shoreham-by-Sea • A while ago I published an old Wakefield alarm with unfair accusations of sleepiness – so here’s a more up-to-date example, which is...
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“Raysil”, Southwark: snorey update
“Raysil Security Systems Ltd” burglar alarm, Southwark • Here we have a more recent and less faded version of yesterday’s Raysil alarm, sporting the same dodgy design on a lovely new hexagonal box. In...
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“IFSS Infocus Security”, Hounslow: verbal vision
“IFSS Infocus Security” burglar alarm, Hounslow • Now I leave the visual representation of eyes for a few alarms that, counterintuitively, refer to vision verbally – in this case, with that popular...
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“ASG Vision”, Bristol: flamboyant tail
“ASG Vision” (over “OS Resolution”) burglar alarm, Bristol • Aha – I love a sticker, and especially a violent yellow one. Bristol seems to have a particularly thriving burglar alarm ecosystem, and...
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“CTAC”, City of Westminster: ancient artefact
“CTAC” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • The arrowhead is an ancient artefact, and an ancient symbol – examples of both have been found dating back to prehistoric times. And examples of both can be...
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“Scaffold Security Systems”, Chelsea: comedic
“Scaffold Security Systems” burglar alarm, Kensington and Chelsea • Clearly meant to be giving off menacing anti-burglar vibes with its bouquet of barbed wire, this logo is somewhat undermined by also...
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Brick ghost alarm, Camden: clean patch
Ghost burglar alarm (brick), Camden • While not as rare as yesterday’s pentagon, the sharp-cornered hexagon is still a giveaway shape, most likely to have once been beneath an ADT sounder or, if...
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Ghost under “ADT”, Tower Hamlets: last gasp
Ghost under “ADT” burglar alarm, Tower Hamlets • Now onto ghost alarms that have been cruelly obliterated by newer models. I reckon this round-cornered square can only be the last gasp of a tupperware...
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Ghost under “Chubb”, Camden: supplanted
Ghost under “Chubb” burglar alarm, Camden • Away with you, six-sided ADT (or possibly Modern). You have been supplanted by the mighty three-cornered Chubb. • Spotted: Kilburn High Road, Camden,...
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Ghost under “A1 Security”, Norwich: lurking
Ghost under “A1 Security Protecting the Community Norwich” burglar alarm, Norwich • Another one I’ve shown before, but not obvious in that post was the ghostly wire-sharing hexagon lurking behind it....
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Ghost under “ASG Vision”, Bristol: anagrams
Ghost under “ASG Vision (on OS Resolution)” burglar alarm, Bristol • Triple acronym whammy: ADG on OSR on something that was a flat-ended oval. Maybe one of these also-Bristolian APS jobbies? In which...
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Prism, Lambeth: refraction
“Prism” burglar alarm, Lambeth • A transparent object which refracts light, from ancient Greek prisma, meaning “something sawed”. Also featured on the cover of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” LP,...
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C & H Alarms, Sheffield: close-up
“C & H Alarms” burglar alarm, Sheffield • Yet another unexplained acronym, this one a close-up of an attractive Victorian alarm tableau I featured here. • Spotted: Parkside Road, Sheffield, South...
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