Yorkshire farmer and recluse, Hannah Hauxwell lived a hard life, alone on her small Pennine farm \u2013 until she became an unlikely TV star in the 1970s. Here we look back on her extraordinary life… <\/p>
With all her strength, Hannah Hauxwell tugs at the leash of an uncooperative bullock when the animal suddenly bolts free. \u201cYou little beast!\u201d she shouts, chasing the animal down the snowy hillside in her long coat and boots. It would be funny if it weren\u2019t for the sombre background music and the white-haired lady struggling alone in the fading light.<\/p>
Hannah eventually delivers the animal to a farmer to take to market. \u201cI\u2019ve had a bit of a fight but I managed him,\u201d she says with typical understatement. They exchange a few pleasantries and she sets foot back through the snow and frozen mud to Low Birk Hatt Farm \u2013 the remote 80-acre holding in Baldersdale where she lives on her own, without running water or electricity.<\/p>