“Westec”, Southwark: global
“Westec” burglar alarm, Southwark • Today I start a “global” theme, quite popular on burglar alarms. Kicking things off is Westec, an ex-company of Mike Hardesty, one of this blog’s regular and very...
View Article“Global Tec”, Milton Keynes: spinny
“Global Tec Security Systems” burglar alarm, Milton Keynes • Quite a brushy, 1990s-looking “spinny” globe logo here – which despite focusing on the continent of America, was found in the moneyed home...
View Article“Universal Security”, Cornwall: impressive
“Universal Security (UK) Ltd” burglar alarm, Cornwall • Not just local, national, continental or global, but downright universal – impressive! • Spotted: Bank Street, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7, England,...
View Article“World”, Tower Hamlets: Mercator
“World Security Systems” burglar alarm, Tower Hamlets • Back down to earth from yesterday’s Universal with a plain old world. Like all the other burglar alarm globes featured, this uses the Mercator...
View Article“J&D Security”, Glasgow: literal
“J&D Security” burglar alarm, Glasgow • Loving this – a giant padlock clamped to a globe, illustrating literally the slogan “Securing Your World”, thus placing this in the extensive “Locksmithery”...
View Article“IDS” burglar alarm, Chelsea: controversial
“IDS Intruder Detection Services” burglar alarm, Kensington and Chelsea • I found this global alarm on some scaffolding (see below), hence I know that IDS stands for Intruder Detection Services. Even...
View Article“CPA Alarms”, Islington: obscure
“CPA Alarms” burglar alarm, Islington • The strange logo at the top, which to me looks like a giant molar, is in fact some unidentifiable panels (presumably not a Richard Serra sculpture) on top of a...
View Article“USA”, Southwark: speeding
“USA” burglar alarm, Southwark • This is incredibly faded, but I’m pretty certain it’s a stylised speeding world globe next to the initials USA. It is a skilled design which looks very familiar,...
View Article“Aptek”, Hull: fairgroundy
“Aptek” burglar alarm, Kingston upon Hull • You’ll have to squint to see this – it’s a tiny wire globe top right, with the initials AP in it. Quite an attractive logo actually, if more fairgroundy...
View Article“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...
View Article“WOT Security Group”, East Grinstead: swooping
“WOT Security Group” burglar alarm, East Grinstead • Possibly stands for Walton-on-Thames, where I seem to remember spotting their office ages ago. I reckon that’s a world globe swooping in to make an...
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