EV-0102 — South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm
| EV ID | EV-0102 |
|---|---|
| Title | South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm |
| Date of document | 3 December 1988 |
| Type | press |
| Evidence label | PRESS REPORT |
| Repository / reference | Cutting image held in Buckler family’s Google Drive (file 1551682_10201438154295877…jpg), Buckler family evidence repository (bucklerfamily.estate). Original: South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988, page 2. |
| Status | PUBLISHED — open the scan (image) |
| Provenance | Cutting image held in family’s Google Drive, not uploaded to Wiki media library or datro repository. Verbatim transcript published on Wiki Press Archive (N09). |
| Wiki catalogue page | GHF-E090-N09 |
| Claims that rely on this | Event Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupat, Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts, Press Articles Index — every newspaper cutting and press extract, one page each |
About this page type → Read the Docs
Quotation: “WHEN the bailiffs refused to let South Wales farmer Billy Buckler back into his family home they found eight other people sharing the rambling old farmhouse.”
Proves: South Wales Echo (3 Dec 1988) reported eight non-family residents found at Great House Farm when bailiffs refused to readmit Billy Buckler; Some had rent paid by the council.
Does not prove: Evidence of what was reported, not proof of truth; Does not show living terms, nature of allegations, title details, or confirm Chris Thompson’s identity with N07’s Christopher Thompson.
File stored in the wayback archive: EV-0102 in the artifact index.
Catalogue record
| EV ID | EV-0102 |
|---|---|
| Source | South Wales Echo, page 2, by Jim Clarke |
| Date | Saturday 3 December 1988 |
| Publisher | South Wales Echo |
| Reference | Headline: “Billy’s unhappy family” |
| 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
Transcription note: A full transcript of this cutting, with the names of private individuals replaced by [family member] or [resident], is in preparation and will be added here. The cutting names private individuals, so the image and full text are not reproduced on this page. Short dated quotations from the paper appear above.
Destination
- Where the original is held: South Wales Echo archive (Media Wales); newspaper holdings at the National Library of Wales and Cardiff Central Library. Cutting held by the family.
- On this site: this artifact page; cited from the 1988: Possession and Demolition page.
Interpretation
The South Wales Echo of 3 December 1988 reported on the people living at the farmhouse as eviction approached, and printed that the bailiffs declined to comment. The residents it names are private individuals and are not named here.
Cited on
7 pages link here.
- Evidence Register
- Wayback artifact index
- 1000 Cuts · a dated chronology of the Williams family at Great House Farm, 1870s–1988
- 1000 Cuts: a dated chronology of the Williams family at Great House Farm (1870s–1988) — Great House Farm Wiki
- 1988: Possession and Demolition
- El caso de la familia · Argentina
- EV-0102 — South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm