GHF-E090-N13 — “From farm to a bus” (South Wales Echo, 1989)

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South Wales Echo cutting, From farm to a bus, 1989

Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E090-N13 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository

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Catalogue UID: GHF-E090-N13 · Custodian/source copy: open source object. Preview and provenance status as at 10-10-2026.

Description

4. Provenance and where to check it

DOCUMENTED (press report) — partial copy. Catalogue no. GHF-E090-N13. Only the opening of the article is visible in the copy held. Sections 1 to 4 record what the cutting is and says. Section 5 is the Wiki’s reading and is open to challenge. A press report is evidence of what a newspaper reported, not proof that its statements are true. Jump to: Evidence · Transcript · Description · Provenance · Interpretation.

What it is: the opening of a news feature by Peter Collins, headed “From farm to a bus”.
Publication and date: the South Wales Echo (as catalogued); the exact date is not identified. The text says the home was demolished “last year”, so it was published in 1989.
People named: Billy Buckler; his wife Branwen; their three children (unnamed); Mr Buckler’s sister (unnamed, in Penarth); BP Properties.
What is reported: Mr Buckler planning to live in a bus being converted into a mobile home; the family living with his sister in Penarth since the demolition; his statement that he must start from scratch; his claim that £30,000 worth of personal possessions was taken from the farm site after the demolition.
Figures printed: a “40-year-old row”; three children; £30,000.
Not visible: the middle of the text and the end of the article.

Image files: the repository file named above and Google Drive file Screenshot_20250617-171533. Transcribed on the Press Archive page (N13).
Family archive copy: 2026-02-04_image_bpvsbuckler_evidence_en_v0.0.0.10_001.jpg at the family Wayback archive. This copy was inspected on 4 October 2026. It confirms the headline and the opening statements transcribed above, including Billy Buckler, Great House Farm, Branwen, three children, the move to Penarth and the £30,000 personal-possession claim. It is an additional family-archive copy, not an independent verification of the claims.
Original newspaper: South Wales Echo, 1989, date to be found. The British Newspaper Archive holds this title for 1983 to 2005. The full article should be obtainable there.

Transcription

Open transcription

2. Verbatim transcript

By Peter Collins. Square brackets are editorial. […] marks text not visible in the copy held.

[Headline: From farm to a bus — ‘Now I’ve got to start from scratch again’] SOUTH Wales farmer Billy Buckler, whose home was demolished last year after a 40-year-old row over ownership, now plans to live in an old bus which he is converting into a mobile home. Until December last year Mr Buckler and his family lived at Great House Farm, Llandough. But following a High Court hearing, BP Properties, the owners of the land, moved in and demolished the property. Since then Mr Buckler, his wife, Branwen, and their three children have been living with his sister in Penarth. […] “…nitely. I have three children and my wife is expecting a baby. My sister cannot be expected to put up with that. I shall just have to start from scratch. They have taken everything from me and my family. I have lost my livelihood.” Mr Buckler claimed that £30,000 worth of his personal possessions had been taken from the Great House Farm site following the demolition. […]

Interpretation and wider context

RECONSTRUCTION. What it adds. It is a contemporary record of where the family lived after the demolition and of Mr Buckler’s claim that personal possessions worth £30,000 were taken from the site. The claim is his, as reported, and is not independently supported by this cutting. It does not say whether papers or records were among the items. The Wiki’s register of lost or missing records is the Missing Records Register.

Dating the demolition. “Until December last year” supports the early-December date of the demolition (see N11). A January 1989 report says “November” (N12). The Wiki records the difference.

Discrepancy noted. It describes a “40-year-old row”. Other reports say 30, 33 or 35 years. The figures are journalists’ round numbers and are not evidence of when the dispute began.

Identify the date and page and obtain the full article.

Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.