cowshed cinderella

Who said farm succession was an easy or straightforward process? This story made me think of Hannah Hauxwell if anyone still remembers her…..

A farmer’s daughter known as the “Cowshed Cinderella” has won £1.3million from her parents for her 30 years of work and losing out on her young days of freedom.

Eirian Davies, 45, missed out her going to Young Farmers’ dances with her sisters as she stayed at home to look after the cows on the family dairy farm.

The hard-working daughter was assured by her parents that she would ultimately take over the thriving farm and its pedigree milking herd after working for years for free.

But when a family row broke out they began proceedings to evict her – and she then launched a legal campaign for her “rightful share” of the farm in the Welsh countryside.

Miss Davies won the case against parents, Tegwyn, 75, and Mary, 76, and was awarded £1.3million in compensation by the High Court in Cardiff.