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<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>&mdash; 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...

Neldo - This is about football but is not about football. It is the genealogy of the great Rangers team of the 1970s, providing wonderful bitesize snippets exploring the players' history and their family history. From the days when players were moulded elsewhere, on the streets or with local amateur teams, before training academies existed, it gives an insight into how their personalities were constructed and the families who supported them. If you like a book you can dip in and out of and...

Walter Scott - I found Pride of the Lions a cut above most sports books. Perhaps that's because it's more than a story about a great sporting achievement. This wonderful book is about the human history and strange synchronicity that allowed a group of football-daft lads to rise from their local surroundings and take their place among the greats of world football.

Derek Niven weaves together quality journalism, professional genealogy, timeless art, and a fair amount of Scottish swagger to...

Mairi - In reading this SCIFI novel it pushed me out of my comfort zone. I started it on Friday and finished it on Monday after becoming totally engrossed in the story. This is an excellent book which I would recommend.

I liked the way the characters posed different moral dilemmas for the reader based on history. Yet came together with a common aim.

A well thought out novel with a subtle undercurrent pushing the reader to ultimately evaluate what 'end of days' may mean along with a recognition...

Anita Dow - Now Departing From Platform 54 is a memoir covering one man's working life on British regional railways from the 1970s until his retirement in 2004, just before privatisation. As a young boy, the author's early fascination with the activities in a local railway signal box led to an eventual full-time career with British Rail in Scotland. Douglas Tetlow describes how this came about, with amusing anecdotes about the characters and situations he encountered. He also shares many...