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“Shock”, Bristol: is this dog sticker a Banksy?
“Shorrock” burglar alarm with dog sticker, Bristol, 2006 • This charming dog-stickered burglar alarm is my all time favourite – and, just possibly, a Banksy. At first I thought those were butterflies...
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“Shorrock”, Camden: red star of Blackburn
“Shorrock” burglar alarm, Camden • I’ve always been attracted by this subtly stylish pentagon with its flaring red sun, but most examples have faded to blank-faced anonymity. Originally called Shorrock...
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“Initial Shorrock”, Herne Bay: seaside smear
“Initial Shorrock” burglar alarm, Herne Bay • This nasty little smear was found in the seaside town of Herne Bay, so it may have emanated from the rear of a seagull rather than a pigeon – it does look...
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“Initial”, Bath: free cheese
“Initial” burglar alarms, Bath • This building is so Bath – it looks as if it’s falling apart, but is full of expensive stuff. Arranged like a kitchen sink still-life from the art gallery within, the...
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“Shorrock”, Bristol: mini-fan-heater
“Shorrock” burglar alarm, Bristol • Now we’re on to unusual square sounders, though this kind of design may be more common abroad – I’ve seen several in Belgium and Italy, for a start. The classic...
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“Rampart Security”, St Albans: un-illustrated
“Rampart Security” burglar alarm, St Albans • Apart from Bastion, this is the only fortification alarm featured that doesn’t actually picture its defences. It’s pasted over a vintage Shorrock, unless...
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Grubby ghost alarm, St Albans: wiry tongue
Ghost burglar alarm (dirty), St Albans • The pentagon is a really rare sounder shape, so even I can narrow this grubby example down to a handful of firms: Shorrock, Initial, Initial Shorrock, or...
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Ghost under “3D”, Lambeth: usurped
Ghost under “3D Security Systems” burglar alarm, Lambeth • This faint ghost-shadow is pentagonal, which means it’s either an occult symbol, or the final traces of a Shorrock. As for the usurping brand...
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“Shorrock” with dog sticker, Bristol: revisited
“Shorrock” burglar alarm with dog sticker, Bristol • I got obsessed with this sticker a while back, as you can read here and here. And when I went back five years later it was still there, albeit even...
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Shorrock, Bristol: mossy
“Shorrock” burglar alarm, Bristol • And here’s the final, rather mossy, incarnation of the “tupperware” box, as a Shorrock. You still see quite a few of these around, so I’m surprised it’s the first...
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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 tucked...
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Shorrock Alarm, Old Amersham: crazed
“Shorrock Alarm” burglar alarm, Old Amersham • And another old Shorrock, with an intact if crazed label, and a different box type from yesterday’s. There are endless slight variations on this Shorrock...
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Nameless 10-sticker alarm, Camden, 2011
Nameless burglar alarm with 10 stickers, Camden • Sticker mania on what looks like an old Shorrock alarm – I make it least ten tattered examples. • Spotted: Clerkenwell Road, Camden, London, EC1,...
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Initial, Camden, 2004
“Initial” burglar alarm, Camden • Initial without the Shorrock – there’s one with the Shorrock (and some bird poo) here. • Spotted: Covent Garden area, Camden, London, WC2, England, 2004 • Politics:...
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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 of Westminster,...
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Universal Security (UK) Ltd, Dartmouth, 2013
“Universal Security (UK) Ltd” burglar alarm, Dartmouth • Expansive geographical ambitions, a globe and the universe. Looks like that was an Initial Shorrock underneath. • Spotted: Lower Street,...
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Initial, Lambeth, 2011
Initial, Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, SE1, England, 2011 • Couple of legacy boxes on an old mirrored building – looks like they had trouble fixing them on.
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Shorrock Alarm, Glasgow, 2010
Shorrock Alarm, Merchant City area, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G1, Scotland, 2010 • Now for some faded alarms. Most similar previous post to this old Shorrock is this.
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Shorrock, Lambeth, 2011
Hercules Road, Lambeth, London, SE1, England, 2011 • Faded version of this. Always like these pentagonal Shorrocks.
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