A novel based around the amusing antics of a group of characters in a village in the South Wales Valleys. One of the main characters is Fred, the landlord of the Plough Inn, a born practical joker and also a grave digger who, with the assistance of others, can turn a harmless situation into a rip-roaring escapade without even trying, to the hilarity of everyone in the pub. While some of the episodes are entirely fictitious, others are very loosely based on the ridiculous exploits of certain members of the 1960s pub fraternity in the author's home village. This is Ken Smith's first novel."An easygoing, nostalgic collection of tales inspired by the author's past in rural Wales. This is a pleasant story perhaps best read aloud, with the book in one hand and a pint of beer in the other."--Kirkus Reviews.