GHF-E090-N15-03 — South Wales Echo search extract, Thursday 12 May 1988

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EVIDENCE PENDING

As of 10 October 2026, no inline evidence image or source-file link was identified in this page content. This does not establish that a custodian holds no record; see provenance and pursuit notes below.

Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E090-N15-03 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository

Evidence preview

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A screenshot of the British Newspaper Archive search result, one of the N15 image group: datro repository files …_002.png to …_006.png (pinned commit 2e514c59) and the Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx to 172337 series. The single image for this extract has not yet been matched, so none is displayed here. The Media Gallery lists a placeholder for this date (1988-05-12).

Catalogue UID: GHF-E090-N15-03 · Custodian/source copy: open source object. Preview and provenance status as at 10-10-2026.

Description

4. Provenance and where to check it

DOCUMENTED (search-result extract). Catalogue no. GHF-E090-N15-03, part of N15. This is a snippet, not the full article. Sections 1 to 4 record what the extract is and says. Section 5 is the Wiki’s reading and is open to challenge. Jump to: Evidence · Transcript · Description · Provenance · Interpretation.

Publication and date: South Wales Echo, Thursday 12 May 1988, as shown by the archive search.
People named: Alun Michael (Cardiff MP); the Lord Chancellor (unnamed); Bill Buckler.
What is reported: the MP asking the Lord Chancellor to look at the case; a headline “Somebody will be [killed,] warns farmer”; a reference to Mr Buckler having fought off bailiffs with a chainsaw.
Not visible: the byline and the text before and after the extract.

Held as part of the N15 image group. Transcribed on the Press Archive page (N15). The full page can be sought through the British Newspaper Archive, which holds this title for 1983 to 2005 (Findmypast title page for the South Wales Echo).

Transcription

Open transcription

2. Verbatim transcript

Words in square brackets were supplied in the Wiki’s earlier transcription where the screenshot was cut off.

[…] Somebody will be [killed,] warns farmer. CARDIFF MP Alun Michael has asked the Lord Chancellor to look at the case of defiant farmer Bill Buckler who fought off bailiffs with chainsaw [to] keep his house. And Mr Buckler himself has warned that someone would […]

Interpretation and wider context

RECONSTRUCTION. The extract is independent evidence, dated 12 May 1988, that the chainsaw incident was already known by that date, which fits an April event (N07) and not the possession of 30 November. It also records that a Member of Parliament raised the case with the Lord Chancellor. That is a political approach reported by the paper. The extract does not show any reply or outcome.

Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.