GHF-E090-N15-02 — Saturday 30 April 1988: South Wales Echo (British Newspaper Archive extract)
Wiki catalogue reference: GHF-E090-N15-02 · Custodian / source URL: Buckler family evidence repository
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1. The evidence
Catalogue UID: GHF-E090-N15-02 · Custodian/source copy: open source object. Preview and provenance status as at 10-10-2026.
Description
Catalogue: GHF-E090-N15-02 · Date: Saturday 30 April 1988 · Publication: South Wales Echo (County: Glamorgan, Wales) · 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 search-result extract from the British Newspaper Archive (BNA) for the South Wales Echo of Saturday 30 April 1988, as shown by the BNA website: a short run of machine-read text around the search words, with the publication date, title and county. It is not the full article. The text is reproduced exactly as the BNA displays it, including its misreadings and missing punctuation; words that clearly belong to neighbouring stories are noted under Interpretation. 🕒
The screenshot is held in the family’s Google Drive (Screenshot_20250617 series) and the datro repository. The full page can be ordered from the BNA.
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.
… check-up But Mr Buckler is refusing to leave the Great House Farm at Llan-dough near Cardiff for medical attention because he fears the bailiffs will return A dozen police officers were on the farm as the bailiffs tried to evict the Buckler family BP Properties …
Interpretation and wider context
INTERPRETATION The day after the stand-off. It reports William refusing medical attention for fear the bailiffs would return, and “a dozen police officers” at the eviction attempt (GHF-E090-N07 says about 15).
That he needed a check-up suggests he was hurt in April, but the extract does not say how.
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Interpretive assessment date: 10-10-2026.