Many others have taken their time to venture across, experiencing this new era and future for Gibraltar and Spain in their own time. He can see Spain, he works alongside many Spanish colleagues, but has been unable to go into Spain with ease. When I was a child, there were many of us who were stuck in Gibraltar without being able to go into Spain. But although we were born in Gibraltar, lived on the Rock and went to school here, we were not able to cross the frontier into Spain. I was 12 years old when I first remember being able to cross into Spain using my own British passport.