Hannah Hauxwell

She lived an extremely frugal existence for many years, yet still lived to 91. Makes you wonder doesn't it.

I too was haunted by Too Long a Winter, and years after watching it, I bought the CD. I think when that programme was made she was in her mid forties, but as Tegan says, she looked much older, and who can wonder at it. If there was ever an example of Yorkshire Grit, she was it! She embraced her new life and travels with remarkable aplomb.

Sad to hear the news. I loved her programmes on TV, a long time ago now. She was certainly a hardy soul, and with such a gentle voice. I hope she enjoyed a much more comfortable life after fame found her. RIP Hannah.

I was surprised she had only just died, tbh. But it said something about human resilience coping with such a harsh life. My great grandmothers had very tough early lives and both lived well into their 90s. I wonder if they might show the film again?

She was a wonderful lady, so kind and gentle, with a dignity we rarely see today.

She was a beautiful lady, inside and out. She had a real serenity that shone through.

Hannah is an interesting case of a woman living an solitary life and not suffering from traumatic loneliness, which is a horror of our times. Why was her life on a lonely farm a relative success for her, psychologically?

I think she just contented herself with the very basics of life and needed nothing else. My first thought when I heard she'd died was, well her hard life hasn't weakened her. May she rest in peace.

There are lots of books about her especially as she had the opportunity to travel once she left the farm.

A remarkable woman.

RIP Hannah.

Alexa; I think it's because it happened very gradually over a period of time and her younger life was one where there was a large family network/thriving local community. It just slowly ebbed away and, as a very intelligent, well read woman, her books and her animals became her friends.

Amazing lady,always gave me a 'feel good'feeling,would have loved to meet her RIP Hannah ?

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Nice article about her. Shocking to think how young she was at the time as she looked so old. I'm used to life in the wilds but I do like my home comforts especially in the winter.

I remember the tv programme about her, she just got on with things and lived how she and her family always had ( people did).
My own Grandmother, also in a Yorkshire cottage had only one tap, a cold one in the scullery ( too tiny to call a kitchen)
And no bathroom or even a toilet inside the house!
I hope Hannah enjoyed moving to a town and her travels.

I'd like to think that her ashes would be scattered at the farm; it's where her soul needs to be.

I also remember her in the programme, a strong independant woman, a coper. Rip. Hannah.

I read today that her farm is now worth over 1/2 a million pounds, whereas in the seventies she survived on £250 per year.

I DO hope that the documentaries about her are repeated. What a lovely woman she was.

Thanks, Tegan. Hannah's coping psychology i.e. enlarging her psyche towards books and nature is what I call 'spiritual' which is such a difficult word out of context.

I think I know what you mean Alexa.