Too Long a Winter1973

Hannah Hauxwell:
I think I have a system of keeping expenditure down to the very bare necessities. In some respects I wouldn't even say that I can even afford *some* necessities. But I keep it down to the bare essentials - I put the brake on and keep it on. It's the only way.

Reporter:
What about food?

Hannah Hauxwell:
[hesitantly] Well, food, it's... I sort of... It's like the other things - I just sort of try to economise.

Reporter:
What did you have for your lunch today?

Hannah Hauxwell:
[laughing nervously] Butter and bread.

Reporter:
What really keeps you here? What's the tie?

Hannah Hauxwell:
I'm attached to the place because my family have lived here since my great-grandfather's time - no-one else has lived in this house since it was built, but our family. And the lovely countryside through the iron gate down the new road. I've often thought... It's my favourite walk, and I've stopped and looked, and I've thought that it's one thing - if I haven't money in my pocket, it's one thing nobody can rob me of. It's mine. It's mine for the taking.