AndyAAI

Wow Saw the post above that read 'Sunthorne ACP-2D, Solfan 1100 Control, Radiovisor Monive Panels, how about some realy obscure panels - Brocks RAED, Brocks pre'74 with 'traffic lights', Mather & Platt 20 Series, Maxim Control Panel, Selmar (no, not the car alarm), YTA, Songuard, I could go on but I think I'll save a few for another day. Perhaps we could reminisce about old detectors as well, a few to start you off >> Westool MWD, Cerberus Seismic Detector, Frowds Pulsonic USD System, Radartron Invisible Radar, that'll do for starters, your turn now.' Sunthorne ACP-2D - also marketed by Ademco. I think our firm still has a coupe of these fitted and maintained. Solan 1100 - never heard if that, but remember Solfan microwaves. Radiovisor Monive - fell out of bed with ie of these. Took over a Banham Alarm. Banhams used to install them. Agreed to do the takeover over the phone without seeing the system. Would love more info on Maxim, the Brocks Panels, the I'd Modern Alarms Panels and the Mather and Platt gear. How about the London firm DGI (Dalton Glass Industries). They were taken over by Modern Alarms. They had there own panels. Then ofcourse, we also ave the London based Intercept Alarms, who were acquired by MASCO (Who, themselves were taken over by Protection One, and then ADT) Remember the Contronic ultrasonic detectors used by Modern Alarms. Remember Sheild Protection o Britton Street, later acquired by Hoeywell to form Heywell Shield, later to become Brittania along with Dick Cody and Aylescort of Rainham Essex. Radar Electrosystems. Gem Alarms M-tonic, GAF (General Alarm Factors) Combat Alarms. PPR Alarms. Spectre MLS (Major Lock Services) Metropolitan Alarms. Lion security - Fred Hering - Potters Bar. August Alarms of Palmers Green (Alarm Johnson or Jordon) SAS - Safety Alarms Systems of Rickansworth. Daynalarm of Rickansworth Intervene security. London Guard Instant Aid Protection. Securicor Alarms. Granly alarms. Solar alarms Enright Security. Aerial Alarms. Express alarm systems. Ideal burglar alarms. The sentinel alarm company. Anyone remember Denvire? Based in SW1 Captor - what ever happened to them? A1 Security Harrow. Rouse Security Service (RSS) Crown Security Systems in Central London - what ever appended to them? Atlantis alams of Hemel Hempstead. Again, what ever happened to there clients? Monitiring Stations - anyone remember Monitron in Ebury Brirge Road Victoria? What ever happened to them? Remember STC Central Station in Finchley? The list goes on

Ok. Here goes. I was born in 1968 so I will give you my odest panel info. First control unt I ever installed was an A&G R52E keyswich split zone control unit. Then I moved onto a Castle CX1001. To this day, my favourite control unit was a Castle ZX1250 expandable control unit. When I left school I joined Chubb Alarms as an apprentice, working with Gordon Taylor in West London. At that time we were fitting Guardall CA 202 and CA 210 control units. That said, I used to work on CA 45, CA3, CA6 (bank control units - I was trained as a bank engineer ) CA5 and CA10 control unis with the odd CA100 and CA104. I don't that any of these panes still exist anywhere.. Comared with the A&G, Bon Autoation, Castle, Munford and White, Radiovisor Monive Panel (remember them?) and the Franken Systems panels all the Chubb panels were years ahead of there time. I had the most fantastic Training at Chubb Alarms and owe an awful lot to Godon Taylor, whom I am sill in regular contact with. He was a Burgot engineer. He taught me how to make tube and batten frames, lace wiring And how to foil windows using lead non self adhesive foil. Happy.....no Very Happy Days. Andy I remember the 'lock block and coffin' Rely-a-Bell control unis and the RG Grams (999 machines). We were fitting Internet directly line signalling years before the WWW had ever been invented. Over the years, I have been into loads of Central Stations. To my mid, the best Central Station I ever went to was at Clifton Street. It was over two floors, with a basement and ground floor.