EV-0108 — South Wales Echo search extract: villagers’ anger at BP demolition of Llandough farmhouse
| EV ID | EV-0108 |
|---|---|
| Title | South Wales Echo search extract: villagers’ anger at BP demolition of Llandough farmhouse |
| Date of document | Friday 9 December 1988 |
| Type | press |
| Evidence label | PRESS REPORT |
| Repository / reference | British Newspaper Archive (Findmypast); South Wales Echo 1983–2005. N15 image group: datro files …_002.png–…_006.png (commit 2e514c59); Google Drive Screenshot_20250617-1721xx–172337. Custodian: Buckler family evidence repository. |
| Status | HELD — open the scan (image) |
| Provenance | Screenshot of a British Newspaper Archive search result, a snippet not the full article; Image unmatched within the N15 group; Text transcribed on Press Archive page. |
| Wiki catalogue page | GHF-E090-N15-09 |
| Claims that rely on this | None linked yet |
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Quotation: […] a bid to stop BP Properties profiting from the demolition earlier this week [of] an 800-year-old farmhouse on the outskirts of Cardiff. A small group of Llan-dough villagers met local councillors last night to express their anger at the way BP had demolished […]
Proves: Shows the South Wales Echo of 9 December 1988 reported a bid to stop BP Properties profiting from demolishing an 800-year-old farmhouse near Cardiff, and villagers’ anger.
Does not prove: Does not show headline, byline, names, proposed steps, or outcome; Gives only relative dating (‘earlier this week’) for the demolition.