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The Diary of Real Britain

The Diary of Real Britain

Written by: Fallowfields Media Communication
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I'm a 57 Year old Disabled man. I have worked for 37.5 continuous years. This Podcast Chronicles the struggles I have while making the journey of life. From putting food on the table to looking after the car and cat. From doing the shopping and going to work. From going to the gym and socialising. And carrying out my political activism. I then keep the Diary of Real Britain to tell people of this journey. To tell them of the Britain I live in.

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  • Episode 88 Monday 8th September
    Jan 12 2026

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    Monday. Both of us are getting very apprehensive. Nerves are beginning to show but who can blame us. The morning is spent holding hands, no computer, or paperwork. Then lunch and then the normal gym session. Tuesday. Its back to work! but I am always thinking about my wife and not what's going on around me. I do my job as normal and then home. Wednesday. I have booked next week off on annual leave as mentally I do not want to do my job. All I keep thinking about is my wife. However I plod along as usual. Thursday. Getting stressed now. If I feel like this then what is my wife feeling like. Luckily all the buildings are clean and that's a surprise. I clean very quickly and then off to home. Friday. Just one week before the operation. I go to work with a cloud over my head. The buildings are clean and at the end of the day and week I hand in the keys and home. It is now the most stressful of times. Saturday. We did absolutly Nothing. We are both stressed and fearful of whats to come. My wife reminds me if the worst happens that she wants to be cremated and I stated that it won't probably come to that. We both hold hands for most of the day. Sunday. Although we are both stressed we did the normal things, the weekly shop and cook Sunday Roast.

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    6 mins
  • Episode 87 Monday 1st September
    Jan 5 2026

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    Monday. Today is my wife's Preassessment for her forthcoming operation. We visit many areas to have height and weight taken, an ECG and then go through a list of her current drugs, after that we wait to have her blood taken. Then we head for home. And in the afternoon I have the usual gym session. Tuesday. Back to work! The buildings I clean are now very quiet but on lammas land the park is still full of very young children. Even though there were people the building remains clean. Its this week that I have arranged to have lunch with Ryan. However in his latest video he is quite clearly very iLL. Then I go back to the same pattern of being late home from work. Wednesday. Its just the same as yesterday so I take the chance to talk to the person who cuts the bowling green on both Lammas land and on Christs piece. Again I go home late. Thursday. Its the same thing as yesterday but on Jesus green there are more Chinese Visitors. However the day's cleaning is very little. But I manage to go home late again. Friday. My wife receives a letter from the hospital saying that she require's another Iron infusion and this is set for next Tuesday afternoon. I ask the boss if I can have a half day off and he lets me. At lunchtime I wait for Ryan but I know that this would be unlikely as he was pretty ILL. So I have my lunch and carry on with my day. I have another shock as I finish on time and I hand in the keys and head for home. In the evening I have a gym session and then head for home. Saturday. I stay at home all day and hold my wife's hand so that she knows that I am there for her. Sunday. Its the return of Sunday politics East on T.V. Then its off to Bar Hill to do the weekly shop and then home. And then I email Ryan and responds saying that he was about to email me. I then help Cook Sunday Roast.

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    6 mins
  • Episode 86 Monday 25th August
    Dec 29 2025

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    Monday. I am a little surprised because my PT booked in a gym session this afternoon. As its a bank holiday I was under the impression that he didn't want to work them. Tuesday. Its back to work and the number of tourists and families has dropped significantly. The buildings remain clean. Is the whole of Cambridge just gone on holiday ? Wednesday. Today is a slightly different day as the play area are full of children but the pool remains empty. All buildings remain clean all day. For the first time in a while I leave work on time. Thursday. Again as yesterday all buildings remain clean. I count my blessings. Friday. Today is a repeat of yesterday even the buildings remain clean. I hand in the keys at lion yard and go home on time. Then in the evening I have a gym session. Saturday. Today is quiet with nothing specific happening. In the evening we have our fish and chips and then my wife watch's Judge Judy and I watch Youtube. Sunday. We do the usual read the Sunday papers and then I go to Bar Hill and do the weekly shop and then home. In the evening I help with cooking Sunday Roast.

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    4 mins
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