About the new look

This new look is all about the designs, and making it easier to find themes. Menus are at the bottom. Click on a topic - creatures, royalty etc - for a grid of alarms on that theme. For a full list, use the drop-down theme menu. Click squares for the full post. From there you can comment as before.

Last call

My collection is finally running thin. Thus the daily alarms have ended! To end, I have posted a few images that commenters sent, of bell boxes I never came across. But bell boxes continue to proliferate, so keep your eyes peeled...

VIP Alarms

VIP Alarms, Cannock, Staffordshire, 2016 (by Sarah Hoyle) • Another from Sarah Hoyle, in the awkward diagonal logo and status symbol categories: “Makes me think of an alarm as a […]

Dobermann Security Systems

Dobermann Security Systems, Cannock, Staffordshire, 2016 (by Sarah Hoyle) • “Conjures up a large scary dog”, says Sarah Hoyle, who photographed it. I never found one of these and I like […]

DGI, Islington, 2016

DGI, Upper Holloway, Islington, London, N19, 2016 (by Christopher Seddon) • Possibly the last alarm for a while, a rather racy two-tone jobbie supplied by the noted prehistorian Christopher Seddon (books here), […]

ADT, Rye, 2015

ADT, Landgate, Rye, East Sussex, 2015 • Looks like a pretty old one.

Celtic Systems, Hay-on-Wye, 2014

Celtic Systems Hereford, Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, 2014

Intruder Alarm, Wells, 2015

Intruder Alarm, Town centre, Wells, Somerset, 2015

Maze, Rochester, 2015

Maze, High Street, Rochester, Kent, 2015 • Good logo, a striking Greek key maze.

KS Security Systems, Rochester, 2015

KS Security Systems, High Street, Rochester, Kent, 2015

Kent Security Systems, Rochester, 2015

Kent Security Systems, High Street, Rochester, Kent, 2015

Alarmwell, Rochester, 2015

Alarmwell, High Street, Rochester, Kent, 2015

Blakes Security, Rochester, 2015

Blakes Security, High Street, Rochester, Kent, 2015

BM Security Services, Westminster W1, 2015

BM Security Services, Great Chapel Street, Westminster, London W1, 2015

Avant Garde, Camden, 2013

Avant Garde, Primrose Hill, Camden, London NW1, 2013 (by Sarah Hoyle) • I’ve published a couple of Avant Garde bell boxes before  but not an old one like this, sent […]

David Webster Security, Rochester, 2015

David Webster Security, High Street, Rochester, Kent, 2015

Deter Security Systems, Eastbourne, 2015

Deter Security Systems, South Street, Eastbourne, East Sussex, 2015

Guest Security, Wells, 2015

Guest Security, Town centre, Wells, Somerset, 2015 • Armoured hand holding a house, good one.