The Old High Street, Folkestone

Screeech! There ought to be laws about exterior wall painting.
(I believe they have something like that in Switzerland?)

To humour you, I'll post a black and white version.

I look forward to that with interest. I like the colourful shopfronts, particularly the one below the anchor. But the scene has been spoiled by the person who painted their exterior walls bright red, thus drawing attention to a shape that has no particular interest and ought to be harmonious with its neighbour.

Colour for the grey days!

Great so much and colourful individuality

I wonder why some people feel they must have colour for colour's sake, when what we really need is sympathetic colour, not block colour or screech. The irony is that the cheerful old pub signs, which bring that essential focus of colour to a tranquil English scene, are now being replaced with the boring grey signs so beloved by today's trendy Liberals.

Agreed, but the general tone of the "Open Quarter" here (https://www.creativefolkestone.org.uk) is more "punk" than historical or cultural, and the gaudy colours (which I think are quite fun) are in keeping with that.

Sorry, but I don't see anything "fun" about that eyesore red block in the middle.

Do you find this fun?

No, it's screech, and inappropriate in what appears to be a respectable, residential part of Oxford. But the "Cultural Quarter" of Folkestone is none of those things; it's more akin to Blackpool or Southend.

The 1960's Triumph Herald parked outside that house is a model popular with superannuated New Age people. One can almost see the haze of Marijuana smoke seeping out of it.

I don't know about "respectable". In this part of Oxford, they're mostly greenies, lefties, and bame. The infamous Sasha Johnson lived somewhere hereabouts, and we had one of the first (known) grooming gangs operating on this patch.

In which case (for those who live there, at least) screech is entirely appropriate.

I think it is a great shot I remember the old High st when it was a right dump now it looks bright and cheery, as a retired retailer I know that colour can be advantageous i increasin footfall.

It does look bright and cheery, and made me feel relatively so. I happened to be there on a fine Saturday afternoon when there were a lot of people about - not ideal for getting pictures - and there was never going to be a moment when no one was in the way. But I took 7-8 shots from the same spot and what you see here is a composite of the various bits where and when there weren't figures intruding. But I left one or two in there because with no figures at all the scene would have looked a bit dead.

Colour may be 'advantageous' when it's accentuating pretty details, as in Howard's shops above, but block colour is just an eyesore.