...my recollection of the 50s and early 60s when we were an independent trading nation were not as 'great' as the 'grey vote' seem to be alluding to in the frequent interviews I see...
Quite so,
Bladdered! And as for the joys of travelling 'on the continent', with v-forms, sterling limits, green cards, no reciprocal health agreements, bail bonds, International Driving Permits.....and the 'bottle and 200' being all you were allowed to bring home. At least the younger generation are going to vote against anything which might risk their LoCo airline trips to various parts of Europe for cheap fun.
But the crumblies think that the sun always shone on an empire (which no longer exists), 'W*gs began at Calais', BMC cars and Bush TVs beat anything 'foreign'. They probably also still believe that spaghetti grows on trees, because Dim Dickie Dimbleby told them so on Panorama.