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

William (Billy) Buckler

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About

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

Photos

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

Comments (7)

“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