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Green alarms: a strangely unpopular hue
Burglar alarm colours: green • Apart from the brilliant old Computa Guard and the boring modern Classic, I have found no predominantly green boxes at all, and it’s a rare colour in burglar alarm...
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“Grange”, Old Amersham: monkish manor
“Grange” burglar alarm, Old Amersham • Home, home on the grange – a popular place name in England, and originally denoting the farming estate of a monastery, of which there were once squillions. Henry...
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“Crime Cure”, Bristol: vintage inverted pocket
“Crime Cure” burglar alarm, Bristol • This is an absolutely classic sounder, and it makes me chuckle every time I see it. I found it at eye level in downown Bristol, the city that never stops giving...
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“Tara”, Kensington: venerable green shield
“Tara” burglar alarm, Kensington and Chelsea • Yet another take on the triangle, this venerable shield classifies as “uncommon” because it’s used only by divisions of Banham, who must have taken over...
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“CG Computa Guard”, Bolton: green and gritty
“CG Computa Guard” burglar alarm, Bolton • Let me count the ways I love this. It suggests it’s guarded by a computer. It’s spelled groovily. It’s green, which is unusual. It’s square, and I like...
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“Computa Guard”, Bolton: rusty lovely
“CG Computa Guard” burglar alarm, Bolton • I have already spoken of my love of the Computa-Guard design here, but this is a more 3-D (and possibly more recent, despite its rustiness) version of their...
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“Classic”, Hackney: boring
“Classic Alarms Security Systems” burglar alarm, Hackney • Excellent of name, boring of appearance. Though green alarms are rather rare. • Spotted: Calvert Avenue, Hackney, London, E2, England, 2011 •...
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SicurGlobal MegaItalia, Venice: stylish
“SicurGlobal MegaItalia” burglar alarm, Venice • Following hot on the heels of the Eurobell theme, some bell boxes from Europe itself (and beyond). First up, the beautiful city of Venice, where the...
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