Oh! England...only the rich could go abroad on holidays, the aircraft were comfy and there was no trouble from common folk and working class and their likes.
Hotels and resorts abroad were up market, food was good and there were no queues for the buffet lunch.Then, one knew one´s place in society and one had an incentive to improve oneself
The 11+ sorted the wheat from the chaff and the wheat had the opportunity to go on to higher education with degrees that meant something.
The chaff, just got on with life in jobs that were needed in the community e.g teachers or dust men or worked in the bank.
By and large, the NHS was run by indigenous nurses and doctors until they left for the USA or Australia to be replaced by Asians, some of whom couldn´t speak English.
Mainly your first sexual penetrative encounter was when you were at least 18years old and teenaged pregnancies were the exception rather than the rule.
Well....I could go on, but there is a lot top be said for.....MY ENGLAND.