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Hannah Hauxwell is a Yorkshire woman who has appeared in three documentary films about the plight of farmers in the Dales. The first film, "Too Long a Winter" (1973), documents her struggle to maintain her farm in the North Yorkshire dales in poverty. The second film, "A Winter Too Many" (1989), documents 16 years have elapsed since the last film and a combination of fading health and a series of devastatingly bitter winters culminates in Hannah being heart-wrenchingly driven off her beloved farm. The last documentary, "Innocent Abroad" (1991), documents Hannah's travels around Europe.
Hannah Hauxwell first appeared in a Yorkshire television
documentary about the plight of farmers in the Dales. The response
from viewers was so great that a further two films were made about
her over the ensuing years. In 'Too Long a Winter' (1973), Hannah
gamely struggles to maintain her farm in the North Yorkshire dales.
Her battle to survive alone on an isolated farm with no electricity
or running water - and in abject poverty - made her the nation's
most unlikely celebrity. In 'A Winter Too Many' (1989), 16 years
have elapsed since the last film and a combination of fading health
and a series of devastatingly bitter winters culminates in Hannah
being heart-wrenchingly driven off her beloved farm. In the last
documentary, 'Innocent Abroad' (1991), Hannah, at the age of 65,
goes travelling for the first time in her life. She retraces the
steps of Victorian maiden ladies as her grand tour of Europe
commences in Paris and along the way takes in Switzerland, Germany,
Austria and Italy, before arriving home in opulent splendour on
board the Orient Express.
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