Corkerhill Press is a small Glasgow-based publishing company with three authors in the stable; Derek Niven, Derek Beaugarde and Douglas Tetlow.
Derek Niven is a Glasgow-based professional genealogist and sports history biographer, specialising in recording the biographies and family histories of famous sporting heroes and teams. The current books in his Pride Series are as follows. Pride of the Lions: the untold story of the men and women who made the Lisbon Lions (c) 2017. Pride of the Jocks: the untold story of the men and women who made the 16 greatest Scottish managers (c) 2018. Pride of the Bears: the untold story of the men and women who made the Barca Bears (c) 2020. Pride of the Hearts: the untold story of the men and women who made the Great War heroes of Heart of Midlothian (c) 2021. Pride of the Three Lions: the untold story of the World Cup heroes of Wembley 1966 (c) 2022. Pride of the Dons: the untold story of the Gothenburg Greats (c) 2024. Pride of the Red Devils: the untold story of the United heroes of Wembley 1966 (c) 2024.
Derek Niven also publishes a sci-fi trilogy, the 2084 Trilogy, under the pseudonym of Derek Beaugarde. His apocalyptic novel 2084 The End of Days (c) 2016 tells the story of seven individuals who have to set aside their daily struggles to fight for survival against impending Armageddon. The space-opera sequel 2112 Revelation (c) 2023 is set on Mars and a Capitol Base geologist is drawn into a deadly conspiracy to stop him uncovering an ancient secret. The trilogy prequel 2048 BCE The Eye of Horus (c) 2024 finds Pharaoh Mentuhotep waging war to become the supreme leader of All Egypt and finds his campaign interrupted by a visitation of ancient aliens from the planet Horus.
Douglas Tetlow is a Saltcoats-based author and he has just published his autobiographical memoir Now Departing from Platform 54: A 32-year Long Railway Journey (c) 2026. It covers his life from his arrival as a boy in Euxton, Chorley, which began his lifelong love of the railways, working signalboxes as a 'boy signaller', to outlining his 32-year career with British Rail, Railtrack and Network Rail, from a Leading Railman at West Kilbride to a Freight Planner in Buchanan House, Glasgow.
Corkerhill Press is a small Glasgow-based publishing company with three authors in the stable; Derek Niven, Derek Beaugarde and Douglas Tetlow.
Derek Niven is a Glasgow-based professional genealogist and sports history biographer, specialising in recording the biographies and family histories of famous sporting heroes and teams. The current books in his Pride Series are as follows. Pride of the Lions: the untold story of the men and women who...
Now Departing from Platform 54: A 32-year Long Railway Journey by Douglas Tetlow is a set of memoirs tracing his journey through his childhood, into developing an interest in railways upon his moving to Euxton, Chorley in 1968. His new home was close to the West Coast Main Line, being the catalyst to his interest. The memoirs continue with...
Pride of the Red Devils: the untold story of the men and women who made the Manchester United heroes of Wembley 1968. The book tells the histories of the famous Manchester United team who beat Benfica 4-1 at Wembley in May 1968, from the viewpoint of their genealogical, social, occupational and military history of their ancestors. It takes the...
Pride of the Dons is the sixth book in Derek Niven’s fascinating Pride Series of footballing biographies. It tells the story of 16 young men and their manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who created history in 1983 by becoming the only Scottish club to lift two European trophies. The triumphs are woven through the social and genealogical histories of...
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">60 years ago today <a href="https://x.com/England?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@England</a> actually did this. I was privileged to watch it live on TV, something our family had only owned for 2 years. <a href="https://t.co/KuyTYpNySP">pic.twitter.com/KuyTYpNySP</a></p>— Pride of the Three Lions / Red Devils (@derekniven1966) <a href="...
Corkerhill Press's own Douglas Tetlow has smashed it with a very successful book launch following publication of his railway memoir Now Departing from Platform 54. Since its launch on 25 May 2026, his new book has seen a great response from customers both locally in Ayrshire, on Facebook, IngramSpark and Amazon.co.uk. In June alone he has taken his IngramSpark sales to #39 in the Autobiography & Biography category and he has been as high as #18 on Amazon's Railway Transport bestseller...
x4bfbzle3lethqw1uw11rh2zry84729.89 KBIn August 1985, Douglas Tetlow's good friend Iain Smith was fortunate enough to be present at the locomotive naming ceremony for loco 47 715 'Haymarket Depot' and was able to get a couple of good photos (c) Iain Smith. On that particular day the General Manager ScotRail, Chris Green OBE, was the MC and he had the pleasure of introducing the late, great actor Robbie Coltrane, to do the unveiling and flag off the the Class 47 loco. Robbie Coltrane went on...
