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Tractor at Great House Farm (family photograph, date not recorded; Wayback Vault)

William (Billy) Buckler

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Farmer at Great House Farm (Tŷ Mawr), Llandough; son of Mary (Nancy) Williams. In the papers as Bill or Billy Buckler. His comments here are his own words as the papers printed them.

Cover: Tractor at Great House Farm (family photograph, date not recorded; Wayback Vault)

Profile picture: From the chainsaw report photograph, April 1988 (Legal Wiki EV-0086 · GHF-E090-N07)

Restored photo: print grain, dust and colour cast removed, light and sharpness corrected; fine face detail filled in by an AI face-restoration tool at its most faithful setting, checked side by side against the original. See the original

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From the chainsaw report photograph, April 1988 (Legal Wiki EV-0086 · GHF-E090-N07)Original of the profile picture, before restorationTractor at Great House Farm (family photograph, date not recorded; Wayback Vault)A defiant Mr Bill Buckler . . . “I’m here to stay.”Police wait outside the farmhouse during the four-hour showdown yesterday.Photograph with the article, South Wales Echo, 1989

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William (Billy) Buckler
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Mary (Nancy) Williams

William (Billy) Buckler announces the passing of his mother, Mary Doreen (Nancy) Williams, formerly Buckler, of Great House Farm, Llandough, on 26 March 1983.

Source

GRO death index, March quarter 1983, South Glamorgan 28/3029, indexed under both BUCKLER and WILLIAMS, Mary Doreen (FreeBMD transcription). Legal Wiki EV-0067.

EV-0067 · Legal Wiki timeline

Words in [square brackets] are the archive’s: neutral words in place of the original’s, or gaps filled. Quotes from named people appear as their comments, word for word.

A reconstruction: this announcement is written for this archive from the record in “Source”; the profile shown did not post it.

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He [stated] the farm was owned by BP Properties, which allowed Mr Buckler’s late mother to live in it rent-free because of her ill health. “When Mrs Buckler died in 1983 it became clear her son was not going to leave,” said the spokesman.

30 April 1988 · From “Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on”
Source

Cutting, newspaper not identified; reports the eviction attempt of 29 April 1988 (a BP PLC spokesman, London). Legal Wiki EV-0089 · GHF-E090-N07.

EV-0089 · The full post

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“I am here to stay and I will fight this to the death.”on Press cuttings (paper not identified) · Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on · c. 30 April 1988“They smashed the lock on the gate and walked round the tractor. Then they started smashing the doors with poleaxes. My children were right behind the door when the axe came through. That’s when I started my chainsaw and pushed it through the door. They backed off then.”on Press cuttings (paper not identified) · Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on · c. 30 April 1988“They have got no documents for it. If it’s theirs, why have I never paid a penny in rent for it in my life?”on Press cuttings (paper not identified) · Chainsaw farmer vows to fight on · c. 30 April 1988“All I’ve got left are the clothes [I] stand up in.”on South Wales Echo · (search extract) · 13 December 1988“I will fight on to the death.”on South Wales Echo · […] farmer freed · 24 March 1989“Now I’ve got to start from scratch again.”on South Wales Echo · From farm to a bus · 1989“…nitely. I have three children and my wife is expecting a baby. My sister cannot be expected to put up with that. I shall just have to start from scratch. They have taken everything from me and my family. I have lost my livelihood.”on South Wales Echo · From farm to a bus · 1989

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William (Billy) Buckler shared Mary (Nancy) Williams’s postFrederick Buckler · 1965–67 (the records differ: see below)