What I was trying to say Tis, is that we are of an age now that is past and that maybe we are looking back and trying to idealise the period that we lived through.
We think it was better then, but youngsters would maybe think we were talking through our hats and it better today.
I personally reflect on the past with great fondness and pride, because I do believe that Britain was truly a great and secure place to be. But throughout the years I have seen and experienced that greatness and securuty eroded to nothing, to the point today when I do find it difficult to latch on to anything secure about it.
I also believe that there have been major changes to the attitudes demonstrated by the general public which I feel has also gone down the pan.
So in short, yes I am agreeing with everything you have said, but because we think it does not necessarily mean that we are correct.
I cannot remember who said it, but basically the saying goes like this:
'There are in fact three truths, your truth, my truth and the real truth', and it all depends from what perspective we are looking-in.