Hi Doz,
the pics were taken in march all work was on going and nothing was completed.
But just a point on the colour,The base coat is white then they apply a ground coat then again a top coat to give it that worn aged look.
this is the finished look below.
The top picture shows after the base coat of white,then the ground coat
The bottom picture shows after the finishing coat and this gives a general idea of the colours and how things will look.
Thats unless the council didnt like the look and decided to paint everything white.
I think the new promenade will grow on us and after a couple of holidays we will never remember how it used to look.
Gene