Bury Bolton Street is mostly of the first BR image from the 50's with the correct regional colours (in this case maroon and cream, with Totem signage.) This was quite attractive at the time when clean but was then entirely neglected with stations looking run down, dirty and faded until the corporate image kicked in after '64. Even then this was mainly for the big "Intercity" stations and gas lights etc survived in local stations into the '70's. At the same time, stations lost their canopies and platform buildings outside of the South East, leading to regional decrepitude, only now being admitted.
Chris Green realised the importance of immediate image with his tarting up of NSE's real estate. There wasn't so much left to improve north of Watford, with even big stations like Rochdale, Halifax, Wakefield K etc already trashed.
I agree with Yorksrob about the blue/grey and BB moquette, except give me the CIG's not the VEP's! (Has anyone got their eye on DTC 76762 at Barrow Hill?)
WAO