Thanks "stevef", Sorry to upset you "Down the Corridor", I was just relating my experience. Glad you still have a flying job.
In 2010 I was F/E with EAT in Brussels on a validation from my UK license. We had to get an Irish licence as we were told the UK licences would no longer be valid. It was no hassle as the company sorted it out.
My UK licence expired in 2011 and I didn't get an invitation to renew it.
As to UK registered F/E aircraft, Channel Express retired their last A300B4 in March 2006 and I think the two Oil Spill Boeing 727s didn't get registered until around 2013. I remember the first one being converted at Lasham from a Fedex Freighter, so there was a gap of 6 or 7 years with no UK F/E types. (Except the RAF stuff)
Have you been continuously licensed in the UK?