I have definately been around too long!!!! If you think the shelters are tatty, you should have seen the ones they replaced. I remember the existing ones construction well---it was the topic in every bar and coffee house around over the extravagance,unbelievable cost etc. But, be fair, they have stood up to the ravages of tide and, a later phenomen, vandals, pretty well. I'm not sure of each shelters original cost, but it went well past a financial benchmark. It might have been £2100 each ---- but then again it might have been £210. Whatever, it flabergasted the locals.