“Ambassador” burglar alarm, West Wycombe • See how the shapes are moving on? Yesterday’s was a slightly squared-off triangle, and now we’re motoring towards full-on faceted sounders by way of a few “UK plug” shapes. This particular example fails on three counts: it’s a dull shape, a faded logo, and it’s shot at a bad angle. But I include it because this weird flat delta is normally only used by the Japanese security giant Secom. I have come across many older variations of Ambassador sounders (such as this), but only one like the example above. I’m assuming Secom took over Ambassador, rather than vice versa – unless Ambassador somehow acquired and rebranded a load of Secom’s very recognisable covers. • Spotted: Village centre, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14, England, 2006 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Wycombe
