A Manchester famer has blasted motorists who called up and abused her staff, outraged over a 60-year-old tradition. Margaret Lees runs Park Farm in Walmersley, near Ramsbottom, which was set up by her in-laws in 1958.
Since then, twice a day between April and October, cows have crossed Manchester Road to reach their pasture. Despite the 50-strong dairy herd's five minute journey being well-known in the Bury village, the 53-year-old says she was gobsmacked to receive a call from an irate driver - incandescent at the disruption to their commute.
The brief pause in traffic at 8.30am saw the motorists call up her farm shop and rage at her employees about the rural practice.
After she posted about the incident on social media, she was "overwhelmed" by support from her community and vowed to keep up the long-standing tradition. READ MORE: A murky past...
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