River Clarified Filtered Soft : An Irish tale of duration, divilment and grand craic

Introduction
1. ’Once upon a time in the Fishery’
2. ’The school around the corner’
3. ’Where have all the good times gone?’
4. ’He fell through the door’
5. ’Kids are the greatest fun’
6. ’O mio babbino caro’
7. ’In a pew losing my religion’
8. ’Everybody needs good neighbours’
9. ’Bells were ringing out for Christmas Day’
10. ’It’s hard to bear’
11. ’Riddle of the Sand Dunes’
12. ’A world where I could go’
13. ’Lord don’t stop the carnival’
14. ’No more working for a week or two’
15. ’Too much sun will burn’
16. ’It’s a rich man’s game’
17. ’Who shaves the barber?’
18. ’Pretty soon you’re going to get older’
19. ’Keep still and draw another breath’
20. ’One mad dog and his master watched’
21. ’I wish today could be tomorrow’
22. ’We gotta get out of this place’
23. ’Life was Medium Cool’
24. ’Fed up? Turn the Beatles up instead’
25. ’East Coast girls are hip’
26. ’Dancing on the beach in a hippie hat’
27. ’Hot town, summer in the city’
28. ’The folks on the hill’
29. ’In the heat of a hot summer night’
30. ’Turn and face the strange’
31. ’Take me from this road’
32. ’Nuclear seemed unclear’
33. ’Closing books and long last looks’
Afterthoughts

Richard Ruxton grew up in the Irish town of Arklow, as did his wife and family. They emigrated to England where he surprised himself with a successful career in industrial engineering, college lecturing and consulting. He and his wife now live in rural France, where Richard finds inspiration for writing and other activities, such as sampling local wines, designed to distract from any real work. A life-long lover of pirate radio, classic rock music and obscure cultural references, he has drawn on his long-forgotten duties at a water treatment plant for the title of this memoir. River Clarified Filtered Soft is his first book.