HAVE I missed something? Was I on holiday in Cuckooland when D.O.P.E. (the Department of Paint Experiments) decided to paint a seafront shelter, near the Tropicana, the colour turquoise.

HAVE I missed something? Was I on holiday in Cuckooland when D.O.P.E. (the Department of Paint Experiments) decided to paint a seafront shelter, near the Tropicana, the colour turquoise.

I asked an employee if this was the undercoat but no, this was the new colour.

Now turquoise is a lovely colour but it is so bland against the rich dark green, with gold braid that we have been used to and does this mean that all the shelters, waste bins, seats and lampposts on the seafront are all to lose their Victorian glory - I hope not.

GEOFF MALHAM

Clarence Grove Road

Weston