EV-0086 — Newspaper photograph captioned “Police wait outside the farmhouse”
| EV ID | EV-0086 |
|---|---|
| Title | Newspaper photograph captioned “Police wait outside the farmhouse” |
| Date of document | circa April 1988 |
| Type | press |
| Evidence label | PRESS REPORT |
| Repository / reference | Buckler family evidence repository (custodian copy, uploaded source object); Associated with GHF-E090-N07 article “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on”. |
| Status | PUBLISHED — open the scan (image) |
| Provenance | Uploaded image held as custodian copy in wiki media library; Associated with GHF-E090-N07 article. Original date, photographer, page unconfirmed against full source. |
| Wiki catalogue page | GHF-E168 |
| Claims that rely on this | Allegation: SAS or undercover personnel acted as BP bailiffs in 1988 (unverified, Evidence Library, Media Wales / Reach plc (South Wales Echo, Western Mail) — Forensic Assessment, GHF-E181 — Identity and role of persons in the 1988 footage (verification pendin |
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Quotation: “Police wait outside the farmhouse”
Proves: A published image, described as showing police vehicles and officers outside Great House Farm during a reported four-hour confrontation.
Does not prove: Does not establish officers’ identities, powers, purpose, orders, conduct, timing, or legality of any eviction; Caption and source details unconfirmed.
File stored in the wayback archive: EV-0086 in the artifact index.
Catalogue record
| EV ID | EV-0086 |
|---|---|
| Source | Press photograph (newspaper not shown on the copy) |
| Date | Not shown on the copy; caption refers to “yesterday” |
| Publisher | Not identified |
| Reference | Caption: “Police wait outside the farmhouse during the four-hour showdown yesterday.” |
| Duplicate | Duplicate check, 27 October 2026: a further copy of this item was received and is filed under this record. No new ID was issued. |
Transcript
Caption: “Police wait outside the farmhouse during the four-hour showdown yesterday.”
Transcription note: The caption is the only text on the copy and is given in full. The photograph shows the farmhouse, its gate, police vehicles and officers, with churchyard gravestones at the right.
Destination
- Where the original is held: The newspaper’s photographic archive (paper still to be identified). Print held by the family.
- On this site: this artifact page; cited from the 1988: Possession and Demolition page.
Interpretation
A press photograph of police at the farm gate during what the caption calls a four-hour “showdown”. The church setting is visible. It appears to belong with the “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on” report (EV-0089), which describes the same four-hour stand-off.
Related records
- Related record: EV-0089
Cited on
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