GHF-E090-N14 — c. 30 November 1988: “Angry scenes as farmer evicted” (South Wales Echo)
Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E090-N14 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository
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1. The evidence
Catalogue UID: GHF-E090-N14 · Custodian/source copy: open source object. Preview and provenance status as at 10-10-2026.
Description
Catalogue: GHF-E090-N14 · Date: c. 30 November 1988 · Publication: South Wales Echo · By: Peter Bibby (byline on the “bitter feud” story) · Press Archive index
This page follows the wiki’s evidence standard: 1. the evidence (the image), 2. a verbatim transcript, 3. a description of what the item is, and 4. an interpretation of what it shows. Sections 1–3 are meant to be checkable by anyone against the image. Section 4 is open to challenge; corrections are logged under the change-control rule.
DESCRIPTION A low-resolution image of a South Wales Echo news page, from the family’s Drive (Screenshot_20250617-170535 (2).jpg). It carries three Great House Farm items: “Angry scenes as farmer evicted” with a photograph of a car; “A bitter feud over rights that lasted 33 years” by Peter Bibby; and “Action on farm”. A large photograph shows a woman with three young children.
Correction, 5 October 2026: this was earlier described as a front page. The “From page 1” continuation box shows it is an inside page. Its date is taken as about 30 November 1988 from the content; the masthead strip is illegible.
Transcription
Open transcription
Transcribed exactly from the image above, including the original spelling and errors. Square brackets mark editorial notes, cross-headings and captions. […] or … marks text that is cut off or illegible.
[Legible text in the copy held] Angry scenes as farmer evicted. A bitter feud over rights that lasted 33 years. By Peter Bibby. Action on farm. From page 1. [The body text, the photograph captions and the masthead date strip are not legible at this resolution.] [Also on the page: Chernobyl mayor invited to Britain; an advertisement for Aspro.]
Interpretation and wider context
INTERPRETATION The headlines confirm that the Echo reported the eviction as it happened and gave the dispute’s length as 33 years (from about 1955, the High Court order against Frederick Buckler).
The car photograph may relate to the later charge of wanton or furious driving, but that cannot be read from this copy. The full page, with the headline “Chernobyl mayor invited to Britain” as a finding aid, should be ordered from the British Newspaper Archive.
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Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.