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EV-0102 — South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm

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EV IDEV-0102
TitleSouth Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm
Date of document3 December 1988
Typepress
Evidence labelPRESS REPORT
Repository / referenceCutting image held in Buckler family’s Google Drive (file 1551682_10201438154295877…jpg), Buckler family evidence repository (bucklerfamily.estate). Original: South Wales Echo, 3 December 1988, page 2.
StatusHELD — open the scan (image)
ProvenanceCutting image held in family’s Google Drive, not uploaded to Wiki media library or datro repository. Verbatim transcript published on Wiki Press Archive (N09).
Wiki catalogue pageGHF-E090-N09
Claims that rely on thisEvent Nomenclature Register — 1988 Great House Farm removal, seizure and occupat, Press Archive — Newspaper Transcripts, Press Articles Index — every newspaper cutting and press extract, one page each

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EV-0102 — South Wales Echo report on residents evicted from Great House Farm

Quotation: “WHEN the bailiffs refused to let South Wales farmer Billy Buckler back into his family home they found eight other people sharing the rambling old farmhouse.”

Proves: South Wales Echo (3 Dec 1988) reported eight non-family residents found at Great House Farm when bailiffs refused to readmit Billy Buckler; Some had rent paid by the council.

Does not prove: Evidence of what was reported, not proof of truth; Does not show living terms, nature of allegations, title details, or confirm Chris Thompson’s identity with N07’s Christopher Thompson.

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