I totally agree. Most of the old dears were children at the time anyway, and when you think of your own childhood you're mostly not even aware of how the adults round you are thinking. They were really commenting on the time as adults living in today's society? Not to detract from their experiences, but..
Also they were talking about the lost community spirit but I bet there were the same feuds and affairs and unpleasantness you'd find in any community at any time in history. AFter the war the whole country changed because of the loss of the agricultural way of life.
Anyway I did think it was interesting because I didn't really know the story (despite being round the museum before) and I didn't realise how much reconstruction had gone on.

I wonder what people's reactions would be if the NT wanted to excavate and put up the remaining stones?