Derek Tait

Derek Tait is a full-time author who lives in Plymouth. Born in 1961, he lived his early years in Singapore and Malaysia and has written several books about his time there, including Sampans, Banyans and Rambutans. A former photographer and cartoonist, his work has been featured in newspapers and magazines around the world. Being a keen historian, his books include 1950s Childhood, A 1960's Childhood, A 1970s Childhood, and several Great War books for Pen & Sword. He has also written many local history books, including Plymouth at War, Saltash Passage, St Budeaux, Mount Edgcumbe, and Images of Plymouth: Stonehouse.
Ebooks
Glasgow in the Great War
$17.99
Remember the 70s
4.5
$17.99
The Great Illusionists
$17.99
The Great Houdini: His British Tours
$17.99
1950s Childhood: Spangles, Tiddlywinks and The Clitheroe Kid: Explore what it was like to be a child in the 1950s
$9.85
Plymouth From Old Photographs
$12.90
Sampans, Banyans and Rambutans: A Childhood in Singapore and Malaya
$12.90
Devonport Through Time
$15.15
Rame Peninsula Through Time
$15.15
An Illustrated History of Butlins
4.2
$15.15
Gloucester in the Great War
$11.97
Plymouth Transport Through Time
$15.15
Plymouth History Tour
$6.80
River Tamar Through the Year
$15.15
A 1970s Childhood: From Glam Rock to Happy Days
$7.49
Edinburgh in the Great War
$11.99
Exeter in the Great War
5.0
$9.99
Aberdeen in the Great War
$13.77
Cornwall: Romans to Victorians
$14.99
Plymouth in the Great War
$9.99
Bath in the Great War
$9.99
Plymouth Through Time
$15.15
Aberdeen in the Great War
$13.77
Plymouth in 50 Buildings
$16.30
Plymouth Reflections
$16.30
A-Z of Plymouth: Places-People-History
$15.15
Saltash Through Time
$15.15
South Devon: Stone Age to Cold War
5.0
$14.99
Cornwall at War, 1939–45
$14.99
Gloucester in the Great War
$11.97
River Tamar Through Time
$15.15
A 1980s Childhood
$9.85
Plymouth at War From Old Photographs
$15.15
Plymouth at War Through Time
$15.15
Devon at War, 1939–45
$14.99
Dartmoor Through the Year
$15.15