GHF-E090-N14 — “Angry scenes as farmer evicted” (South Wales Echo front page, c. 30 November 1988)
Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E090-N14 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository
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Description
4. Provenance and where to check it
DOCUMENTED (press report) — headlines only. Catalogue no. GHF-E090-N14. Only the headlines are legible in the low-resolution copy held, so no body text is transcribed. Sections 1 to 4 record what the item is and shows. Section 5 is the Wiki’s reading and is open to challenge. Jump to: Evidence · Transcript · Description · Provenance · Interpretation.
- What it is: the front page of a newspaper, catalogued as the South Wales Echo, with a report by Peter Bibby on the eviction.
- Date: not legible in the copy held. The Wiki catalogues it as about 30 November 1988 (see section 5).
- What is legible: three headlines (above). The headline figure is a feud “that lasted 33 years”.
- Not legible: the body text, any photograph captions and the masthead date.
- Holder of the image: Google Drive file
Screenshot_20250617-170535 (2).jpg. Transcribed (headlines) on the Press Archive page (N14). A Media Gallery placeholder is listed as newspaper capture 1988-11-30. - Original newspaper: South Wales Echo, about 30 November 1988. The British Newspaper Archive holds this title for 1983 to 2005 (Findmypast title page for the South Wales Echo). The body text should be transcribed from a clear copy obtained there.
Transcription
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2. Transcript (headlines only)
By Peter Bibby. Only these three headlines are legible in the copy held. The body text has not been transcribed.
- “Angry scenes as farmer evicted”
- “A bitter feud over rights that lasted 33 years”
- “Action on farm”
Interpretation and wider context
UNRESOLVED (date and content). The headline about an eviction and the stated 33-year feud fit the possession of Wednesday 30 November 1988. A search extract headed with the date Wednesday 30 November 1988, describing people forcing their way into Great House Farm (N15), supports that date for an Echo report of that day. That extract and this front page are not shown to be the same article. The Wiki therefore catalogues this item as about 30 November 1988 and does not draw any conclusion from its content until the text is read. 🕒
What it adds. At most it shows that the eviction was front-page news in the South Wales Echo. It is listed so the evidence set for 30 November is complete.
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Related: Press Articles Index · Press Archive transcripts · 1988: Possession and Demolition · Media Gallery · Evidence Library.
Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.