From farm to a bus
By Peter Collins
SOUTH Wales farmer Billy Buckler, whose home was demolished last year after a 40-year-old row over ownership, now plans to live in an old bus which he is converting into a mobile home.
Until December last year Mr Buckler and his family lived at Great House Farm, Llandough. But following a High Court hearing, BP Properties, the owners of the land, moved in and demolished the property.
Since then Mr Buckler, his wife, Branwen, and their three children have been living with his sister in Penarth. […]
Mr Buckler [stated] that £30,000 worth of his personal possessions had been taken from the Great House Farm site following the demolition. […]
Source
South Wales Echo, 1989 (exact date not identified; partial copy). Legal Wiki EV-0112 · GHF-E090-N13.
Archive note: Only the opening of the article is visible in the copy held; the exact date is not identified.
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.
Now I’ve got to start from scratch again.
…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.