I think the elderly in Britain remember how Britain was in 1950
I'm not going to enter an argument about Brexit - our Webmaster has forbidden it yet it keeps coming up - but I'll give you a few home truths about 1950.
you mean when India and Pakistan were no longer in the empire (1947)?
when many (most) women who had had jobs during the war were banned from working and expected to stay at home so the men could have the jobs
Or when many day to day necessities were still rationed?
Clothes had just come off rationing 6 months earlier
In mid May 1950 canned and dried fruit, chocolate biscuits, treacle, syrup, jellies and mincemeat came out of the ration book
Soap (all soap) was rationed until September 1950.
In all of 1950, and 1951 and almost all of 1952, tea was still on ration. Britain, tea. Paradise.
Sugar rationing and sweets (candy) were still on ration until 1953. So even after you could have a cup of tea, it wouldn't be very sweet.
The final food rationing didn't end until the 4th of July, 1954.
Speaking of the 4th of July, after the war the USA forgave the debts of Germany, rebuilt it, and gave all sorts of money to France. The USA helped Britain during the war with Lend/Lease - and collected all the money. The UK didn't finish paying all that back to the United States until 2006.
In 1950 the cities were still full of bomb craters and waste land where buildings had once stood. I remember that into the 1960s.
So anybody looking back at 1950 with glee must be doing it wearing rose coloured glasses.