BM Security Services, Westminster W1, 2015
BM Security Services, Great Chapel Street, Westminster, London W1, 2015
One2One Security Systems Limited, City of Westminster, 2012
One2One Security Systems Limited, Mortimer Street, City of Westminster, London, […]
Concord Alarms, City of Westminster, 2012
Concord Alarms, Newman Passage, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012
RSS Security Systems, Camden, 2012
RSS Security Systems, Cleveland Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Ah, one of my favourite fonts, Profil.
Guide Security Services, City of Westminster, 2012
Guide Security Services, Berners Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, […]
GSS Grays, City of Westminster, 2012
GSS Grays, Middleton Place, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Similar here.
Briggs, City of Westminster, 2012
Briggs, Eastcastle Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012
Bramah Security Centres Ltd, City of Westminster, 2012
Bramah Security Centres Ltd, Foley Street, City of Westminster, London, […]
Ashe Alarms, City of Westminster, 2012
Ashe Alarms, Foley Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012
CD Security Systems, City of Westminster, 2012
CD Security Systems, Wells Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, […]
C & G, Camden, 2012
C & G, Maple Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012
Chubb Alarm, Camden, 2012
Chubb Alarm, Gresse Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • I’ve not not done a corner bulb Chubb before either…
ADL Security, City of Westminster, 2012
ADL Security, Rathbone Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Same logo but different shape published a while back.
Clarion, City of Westminster, 2005
Clarion, Oxford Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2005 • Similar logo on different box here.
Security Masters, Camden, 2012
Security Masters, Warren Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012
Premier, Camden, 2012
Premier, Windmill Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Same logo, different box.
Chubb, Angus Sprinkler Alarm, City of Westminster, 2012
Chubb, Angus Sprinkler Alarm, Berwick Street, City of Westminster, London, […]
Brocks Alarms, City of Westminster, 2012
Brocks Alarms, Wells Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Synonym for badger, hence with creature theme. I’ve shown one of these white ones on its side, but not upright. […]
Simply Alarming Security, Camden, 2012
“Simply Alarming Security” burglar alarm, Camden • What a great name, and with a home-made monogram too. There’s a less pristine one here. • Spotted: Percy Street, Camden, London, W1, […]
Universal, Westminster, 2012
“Universal” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • And my final geographic alarm encompasses the whole universe. • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In […]
National Security Systems, Westminster, 2012
“National Security Systems” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Now moving from locally named alarms to nationally named ones, in this case literally. • Spotted: Wells Street, City of Westminster, London, […]
Felixtowe Alarms, City of Westminster, 2012
“Felixtowe Alarms” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Suffolk town found in London street. • Spotted: Brewer Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency […]
Ambush Security Systems, Westminster, 2002
“Ambush Security Systems” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Ending the militia theme with an ambush – there’s another here. • Spotted: Wardour Mews, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2002 […]
Nameless blanker alarm, Westminster, 2012
Nameless burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Even blanker than yesterday’s. People never seem to take these things down. • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 […]
The Rely-A-Bell Burglar Alarm, Westminster, 2012
“The Rely-A-Bell Burglar Alarm” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • […]
Shield Security System, Westminster, 2012
“Shield Security System” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • There’s one looking a bit newer here. • Spotted: Great Titchfield Stret, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In […]
Nameless red-capped alarm, Westminster, 2010
Nameless burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Another one with a tiny bit of text left, and a red cap, but not enough info for me to guess the firm. • […]
Ex-burglar alarm, Westminster, 2012
Ex-burglar alarm, City of Westminster • No wiring here to give a clue, but I think I recognise those giant bolts from a few ancient boxy alarms I’ve posted in […]
East Tower Security Systems, Westminster, 2010
“East Tower Security Systems” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • […]
Shorrock Alarm, Westminster, 2012
“Shorrock Alarm” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Rare to find an old Shorrock with its label still on, albeit a flaky and drippy one. • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City […]
CIA, Westminster, 2012
“CIA” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Now a brief return to shadowy intruders, led by the daddy of them all, CIA – who I’ve also featured here and here. • […]
Certes, Camden, 2012
“Certes” burglar alarm, Camden • Circular Certes; there’s a rectangular one with no roundel here. • Spotted: Percy Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency […]
Brocks Alarms, City of Westminster, 2012
“Brocks Alarms” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Vintage sounder so wonky it’s sideways. May once have had a gold lion on it, too. • Spotted: Berwick Street, City of […]
Protection One, City of Westminster, 2010
“Protection One” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Looks like someone shot it, but I daresay there’s a more prosaic explanation. • Spotted: Great Titchfield Street, City of Westminster, London, […]
Davenheath OTS, Camden, 2012
“Davenheath OTS” burglar alarm, Camden • And the Davenheath diamond again, but now looking a bit more like a key, and linked with OTS, who had an owl here. • Spotted: […]
Wyse Security, Camden, 2012
“Wyse Security” burglar alarm, Camden • Another “atom” ovally circumnavigating a logo. I like this, it’s a strikingly unusual name and a bold design that suits the box shape. • Spotted: […]
Spitfire Security Systems, Camden, 2012
“Spitfire Security Systems” burglar alarm, Camden • Caged behind a ridiculously narrow balcony. • Spotted: Fitzroy Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and […]
Sens Alarms, Camden, 2012
“Sens Alarms” burglar alarm, Camden • An unusually elegant approach for a burglar alarm logo. • Spotted: Cleveland Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of […]
IP Installations, Camden, 2012
“IP Installations Integrated Protection Systems” burglar alarm, Camden • They’ve practically written a novel on this sounder. • Spotted: Maple Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency […]
Brocks Burglar Alarm, Westminster, 2012
“Brocks Burglar Alarm” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • A vintage Brocks variation I’ve not featured before. • Spotted: Berwick Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In […]
Bell Security, City of Westminster, 2002
“Bell Security” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Probably doesn’t do what it says on the tin (ie I expect it’s a siren). • Spotted: Oxford Street, City of Westminster, London, […]
Trio Security Systems Limited, Camden, 2012
“Trio Security Systems Limited” burglar alarm, Camden • Quite a complicated wraparound “T” here. I’m not sure if it’s meant to portray anything, although it looks a bit like a […]
Frank Alarms, City of Westminster, 2012
“Frank Alarms The Security Specialists” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Roof with radio waves. Beam me up, Scotty! • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 […]
Site Security Services, City of Westminster, 2002
“Site Security Services” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Nothing […]
Stratson, City of Westminster, 2012
“Stratson” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Big brother is watching you. • Spotted: Eastcastle Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities […]
Barry Bros Security, City of Westminster, 2012
“Barry Bros Security” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • An […]
Barry Bros, City of Westminster, 2002
“Barry Bros” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • The Barry Bros eye’s a regular sight in London: here’s quite an old (and blurry) 071 version. • Spotted: D’Arblay Street, City of […]
Nameless “Zeiht” alarm, 2012
Nameless burglar alarm with “Zeiht” sticker, City of Westminster • Cryptic indeed: an illegible label on an anonymous box. • Spotted: Berwick Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 […]
Crown Security, City of Westminster, 2012
“Crown Security” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Not clear if this is faded sticker graffiti or just a random bit of rubbish. Probably the latter. • Spotted: Berwick Street, […]
London East Security Centre Ltd, City of Westminster, W1, 2012
“LESC London East Security Centre Ltd” burglar alarm, City of […]
Certes Burglar Alarms, Camden, W1, 2012
“Certes Burglar Alarms” burglar alarm, Camden • I’ve seen several old Certes alarms around, so they must have been quite a big firm once. It’s a rather Latin-sounding name, which […]
Shield Security, City of Westminster, W1, 2012
“Shield Security” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Any guesses […]
AFA Burglar Alarm, Westminster, W1, 2012
“AFA Burglar Alarm” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • And so we move into, um, the fourth year of Burglar Alarm Britain. I must be mad. But I’ve still got […]
Shorrock Alarm, Westminster: intact
“Shorrock Alarm” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • A much earlier Shorrock, unusually with label intact. You still see plenty of these around, but they’re usually faded and anonymous, and […]
Granley Burglar Alarm, Camden: SHO code
“Granley Burglar Alarm” burglar alarm, Camden • Still with an alphabetic phone code, but now really plain. This is similar to the Granley I published here, but that one had […]
Granley Burglar Alarm, Camden: Lone Ranger
“Granley Burglar Alarm” burglar alarm, Camden • And another completely different Granley design, which I found next to yesterday’s sounder, in a nest of old Granleys. This looks like something off […]
Granley Security, Camden: GP
“Granley Security” burglar alarm, Camden • So, now onto a run of venerable Granleys. This is a lovely rather 1930s-looking monogram, and I’m guessing it’s the oldest of the boxes […]
Ariel Alarms, Westminster: unripped
“Ariel Alarms” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • If I’m honest this is exactly the same as the other Ariel I published here, except without a ripped label. However, that […]
Crown Security Alarms, City of Westminster: marble
"Crown Security Alarms" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Stuck on a marble wall, as befits a regal sounder – and I always like a bit of black letter writing. • Spotted: Berners Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterMack Alarms, Camden: triangle-tastic
"Mack Alarms" burglar alarm, Camden • Circular version of the triangle-tastic brand shown here; looks better on this Eurobell. The company is now, according to the comment here, LSG (London Security Group) based in Greenwich. • Spotted: Warren Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St PancrasIndex, Westminster: flash
"Index" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Quite a striking design with its red reversed-out flash, and one I've been waiting to use for ages. Thanks to the power of the triangular trope, here it finally is. • Spotted: Mortimer Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterAltech Security, Westminster: scalene
"Altech Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Shamelessly repeating, due to its triangular trope, a company I very recently featured here, with a different shaped box. Completing our trio of triangle types, it's a scalene triangle, with no equal sides (I think – I'm not about to measure it). But we can be sure the internal angles still add up to 180 degrees. Snore! • Spotted: Berwick Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterAAI, Westminster
"AAI" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Another triangular A-based monogram, specially designed to fill the whole delta. I hope Andy from AAI, a regular contributor to this blog, will forgive me for showing a somewhat vintage example; there's a newer version here. • Spotted: Margaret Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterADM Advanced Security, Westminster: not mad
"ADM Advanced Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • I wonder how the unexplained acronym in the solemn black triangle is meant to be read? ADM, or possibly AMD, but presumably not MAD. • Spotted: Middleton Place, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterUniversal, Westminster: futuristic
"Universal" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • And so we end this astronomy theme with another universe, this one at least silvery and a bit futuristic-looking. I wonder if those are meant to be tiny letter "U"s making up the discreet logo? • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterBlue Sky, Westminster: star-studded
"Blue Sky" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • The stars stud the sky, so the sky belongs in my astronomy theme. Case closed. • Spotted: Berwick Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster3 Star Alarms, Westminster: tank top
"3 Star Alarms" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • My brother had a tank top with a design like this on it in the 1970s (he was very young, I hasten to add). • Spotted: Eastcastle Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster
Quantum Security, Westminster: atomic
"Quantum Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Judging by the name, this is possibly meant to represent an atom. But it looks like Saturn, so I've included it under astronomy too. • Spotted: New Cavendish Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterEagle, Westminster: completist
"Eagle" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • I've featured this not-massively-exciting logo before, but here it is again on an unusual-shaped box, only the second example I've found (the first is here). Completist! • Spotted: Margaret Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterNT Security, Westminster: flowing
"NT Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Now we move onto birds, firstly of the arbitrary (ie not overtly hawkish) kind. Not totally clear what kind of avian this flowing illustration represents, but I reckon it's a dove. Or a swift. • Spotted: Riding House Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterIvory, Camden: tusker
"Ivory" burglar alarm, Camden • It's a long time since I featured alarms with animals on, and since then I've come across several more sounders featuring wildly improbable guardian beasts. So here's a reboot of the "Crazy Creatures" theme, starting with this magnificent tusker, storming forward to trample intruders to death. • Spotted: Maple Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St PancrasLogic, Westminster: deduction
"Logic Fire & Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Says Wikipedia: "Logic (from the Greek logikē) has two meanings: first, it describes the use of valid reasoning in some activity; second, it names the normative study of reasoning or a branch thereof. In the latter sense, it features most prominently in the subjects of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science." And thus, by use of the former definition, I deduce that it is a valid member of my maths and computing set. • Spotted: Newman Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterLaser Alarms, Westminster: acronym
"Laser Alarms" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. And a very nice logo (seriously). • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterSouthern Electrical Services, Westminster: SES
"Southern Electrical Services Gerrards Cross" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • SES, not quite as famous as the SAS. • Spotted: Berners Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterSecurity Solutions, Westminster: plant
"SSL Security Solutions London" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Another SS acronym, shielded by giant plant. Looks like there was a hexagonal sounder there before it. • Spotted: Rathbone Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterTrio, Camden: thrice
"Trio Trio Trio" burglar alarm, Camden • It's a trio, and it's written three times, geddit? • Spotted: Richardson Mews, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras“A1”, Westminster: alphabetical
"A1 Security Systems" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Nice Eurobell suggesting a Roman road, something very good, and an ambition to come first in alphabetical lists... • Spotted: Great Titchfield Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster“Elan”, Westminster: puzzling
"Elan" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Elan – a funny word for a sounder, but it does mean excellence, of a sort. The thesaurus offers a plethora of slightly effete-sounding synonyms conjuring up a cocktail party at Blandings Castle: flair, style, panache, brio, esprit, verve, spirit, gusto pep, zip, vim, oomph. A jigsaw puzzle cocktail party, perhaps... • Spotted: Langham Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster“Prestige”, Westminster: inaccurate
“Prestige Security Systems” burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Doesn’t exactly look like what it says on the can… • Spotted: Mortimer Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2010 • […]
“Midnight”, City of Westminster: mosaic
"Midnight Integrated Systems" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Another time-monogram crossover: a mosaic of grey squares with gaps spelling out MIS, with a maroon square for the dot on the "I". Stylish but somewhat illegible, it's perhaps meant to suggest windows at night, or winking computer lights. Fortunately they've spelled out the full name below, which I've just noticed also has a tiny maroon dot on the "I". It looks like the designer put a huge amount of effort and thought into this – resulting in one of the most unusual and un-burglar-alarmy sounder designs I've come across. • Spotted: Langham Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster“Midnight”, Camden: time-slot
"Midnight Limited Security & Communications" burglar alarm, Camden • A very specific time-slot - let's hope Johnny Burglar doesn't try any other hours. • Spotted: Warren Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras“Contract Fire Security”, Westminster: extinguisher
"Contract Fire Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • This is great - the letters CFS wrangled into a fire extinguisher monogram. I wish they'd made it bigger on the sounder, so I've put an enlargement below. I wonder if this is the same Contract Security I featured in the "Shooting" theme last week? It was certainly found in the same area, ie Fitzrovia. • Spotted: Newman Passage, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster
“AAI”, Camden: red triangle
"AAI" burglar alarm, Camden • Today I start the theme "monograms". The UK definition of a monogram is "a design composed of one or more letters, typically the initials of a name" (though in America I think it is defined as at least two letters); and the initials should be specially-drawn, generally entwined in some way. There are so many monogrammed sounders I can't show them all in one run - it would go on for months - so I've decided to start with nine of my favourites, taking us up to the end of the year. Honourary pole position must go to Hertfordshire-based AAI, whose boss Andy Gilmore is a regular commenter on this blog. I always reckoned the AAI monogram had been designed to fill up as much of the sounder as possible, which he confirms: "Our logo was designed by my [business] partner's daughter-in-law, who was studying art. When designing the logo, we wanted something which was clear and obvious even from a distance." Apparently it was inspired by the Nu-Tron design, another of my favourites, and AAI base all their company's branding round their logo's triangle – never changing the shape of the bell box, even when switching manufacturer. And though AAI, like most monograms, also falls into the "unexplained acronym" camp, Andy Gilmore confides that the initials were based on Andy, Adam, Ian - the latter pair his first (brief) business partners, when he was just 14. What a great story! • Spotted: Percy Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras“Trade”, Camden: crosshairs
"Trade Security Systems Plc" burglar alarm, Camden • This is a funny old logo. It's a bit hard to make out, as one of the colours has faded, and I'm not really sure what the design is meant to signify. However the thing it resembles most to me is the crosshairs of a gun sight, so into the "shooting" theme it goes. • Spotted: Warren Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras“Contract Security”, Westminster: hitman
"Contract Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Yikes! Does this sounder mean the kind of contract that involves a hitman? It does have crosshairs, after all. Unless they're compass points, or weird spurs. • Spotted: Eastcastle Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster“Brook”, Camden: babbling
"Brook Security Limited" burglar alarm, Camden • Ah, brook - a tiny babbling burn, as opposed to the mighty waterways to come. Probably nothing to do with the nearby Tyburn, one of London's many underground rivers. • Spotted: Charlotte Street, Camden, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras
Above: a babbling brook (not in London, as you may guess)“Westec”, Westminster: centred
"Westec" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Finally, I'll end with a Westec with the screw-hole centred on the UK, rather than the Atlantic as in this one, which I started with. I was pleased to learn that the design was created in 1985 by the 14-year-old son of the one of the firm's owners, as he explains here. This is rather a rusty example, sadly, but it's the only one I've got. However the firm's boss tells me it still isn't the final version, due to the slightly wiggly type – which looks to me like a typical result of computer-traced artwork circa the early 90s, and wouldn't have been noticeable high up. There's a correct version in the comment here. • Spotted: Great Titchfield Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster. “Glo Bell”, Westminster: cheeky
"Glo Bell" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • This has no globe at all – just a cheeky pun (well I assume it's meant to read "global", unless it's some kind of glowing bell). I'm rather fond of Glo Bell's cheerful-looking sounders – there's another one here. • Spotted: Eastcastle Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterGhost under “Krypto Security”, Westminster: enormo
Ghost under "Krypto Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • This boxy enormo-ghost suggests it may have been a vintage sounder preceding the Krypto. Maybe even another Krypto, they were a long-running firm. • Spotted: Mortimer Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2001 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and WestminsterGhost under “3 Star Alarms”, Westminster: tank top
Ghost under "3 Star Alarms" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • This anonymous delta ghost could have been anything, so I won't even hazard a guess as to its brand. But 3 Star's logo also conjures up distant days: in the 1970s, my brother had a tank top with exactly the same design on. • Spotted: Eastcastle Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster“Slade Protection”, Westminster: glam rock
"Slade Protection" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • Slade! The mighty Slade! Every one of whom would make a thoroughly convincing glam rock burglar alarm engineer, with Noddy Holder as the affable Victorian-style gaffer. And their sounders would play "Cum on Feel the Noize". • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster
The mighty Slade“Monitored Shop”, Westminster: posh spot
"Monitored Shop" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • I guess this does what it says on the can – it monitors the shop. It was found, in contrast yesterday's grot-spot inhabitant, beneath some very posh shopfront mouldings (albeit just on a Thai restaurant) – see below. • Spotted: Great Portland Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster
“Amco”, Camden: military badge
"Amco" burglar alarm, Camden • I suppose AMCO stands for Alarm Monitoring Co. But what of the Harry Potterish legend "Superna petamus", which doesn't, as the petals in the middle would suggest, mean "always flowering"? Well, the slightly different "Superna Petimus" means "We seek higher things", and is the motto of RAF Cranwell, where RAF officers are trained. This spelling, I think, means "let us seek higher things", and though AMCO's logo doesn't look like RAF Cranwell's coat of arms, it does resemble a British military badge. So endeth a super-category started several weeks ago, namely militia. And now, as Monty Python famously said, for something completely different... • Spotted: Goodge Place, Camden, London, W1, England, 2010 • Politics: In the Labour constituency of Holborn and St Pancras
“Soundandsafe.com”, Westminster: Martello tower
"Soundandsafe.com" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • This 2002-founded firm is most unusual in having a URL for a name – and that definitely is their name, as it's the same on their website. Dotcoms don't seem to have much to do with olde worlde turrets, but it's a nice logo anyway, like a marooned Martello tower floating in a sea of dark blue plastic. And I bet it lights up at night. • Spotted: Wells Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster“Krypto Security”, Westminster: turret-shaped
"Krypto Security" burglar alarm, City of Westminster • And so we segue seamlessly from portcullises to fortifications in general – castles, fortresses, ramparts and so on. This looks like an old-style prison, which would be apt, but because I have seen other versions of Krypto's logo (coming soon), I know it's a castle. But what stands out here is the turret-shaped sounder – I wonder whether the logo was designed to fit it, or vice versa? I've never seen any other similarly-shaped sounders in the UK, though I have abroad. I'm not sad enough to snap burglar alarms on holiday, however – well, not often – so I don't have pictorial proof. • Spotted: New Cavendish Street, City of Westminster, London, W1, England, 2012 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Cities of London and Westminster
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