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“Duchy”, Cornwall: property of Prince Charles
“Duchy Alarms” burglar alarm, Cornwall • Today starts the theme of “bigwigs”, by which I mean the aristocracy and the political establishment, the so-called “great and the good” – subjects...
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“Knight Security”, Newquay: psychedelic crash
“Knight Security” burglar alarm, Newquay • Unlike yesterday’s un-knightly seaside monogram, this one at least has a shield and some heraldic-looking “black letter” script. That’s an illustration of a...
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“Sentry Alarms”, Newquay: wasp-waisted
“Sentry Alarms” burglar alarm, Newquay • Simpler than but similar to yesterday’s Safeguard Alarms design, and equally nice: a wasp-waisted fortress-plus-portcullis combo, with combat-ready stencil...
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“Securi-Guard”, Fowey: slimy shield
“Securi-Guard” burglar alarm, Fowey • So, now we move on to fortifications on shields, combining the popular tropes of militia and aristocracy. It’s amazing the label in question is still attached,...
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“Alarm Guard”, Cornwall: acid rave
“Alarm Guard” burglar alarm, Cornwall • A logo where 70s disco meets 90s acid rave – just right for the surfie town of Newquay. • Spotted: Bank Street, Newquay, Cornwall, TR7, England, 2012 •...
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“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,...
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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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“ASG Security”, Falmouth: sacrilege
“ASG Security” burglar alarm, Falmouth • Oh sacrilege. You can just about see, underneath this sticker, the superb original Alarm Service Group design, which I eulogise here. Somebody went and...
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“Abel”, Falmouth: able
“Abel” burglar alarm, Falmouth • OK, so it says Abel not Able – but Abel’s founder, quoted here, says the name was intended to suggest the company was “able” (among many other things) – therefore...
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i, Falmouth: big I
“i” burglar alarm, Falmouth • There are no big Hs, but here’s a very excellent I – or i – all the way from Cornwall. • Spotted: Market Strand, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11, England, 2012 • Politics: In...
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Exco Secure, Falmouth: big X
“Exco Secure” burglar alarm, Falmouth • Bet you thought I wouldn’t find a big X. But I did, and here it is. A play on Exeter, I imagine. • Spotted: Arwenack Street, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11, England,...
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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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Exco, Falmouth: river
“Exco” burglar alarm, Falmouth • Nice name, based on the river Exe, I assume. There’s another Exco here, with a more flamboyant logo. • Spotted: Berkeley Vale, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11, England, 2012...
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Alpha Alarms, Fowey: ox
“Alpha Alarms” burglar alarm, Fowey • A lot of these triangular logo-monograms start with the letter “A”, unsurprisingly. This nice Cornish example takes triangular “A”s to their logical conclusion,...
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ASG, Newquay: seagull poo
“ASG” burglar alarm, Newquay • A descendent of Alarm Service Group – there’s some comment about that on this ASG entry. I must say, to the untrained eye, this isn’t the world’s neatest installation....
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