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In Focus - The Grin Iron Wife

By Isobella Hubbard

Isobella Hubbard
Image provided by Smartify

This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2022 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who live, work and visit here.

In our 'In Focus' audio mini-series, take a closer look into a wide range of topics spanning the vast natural and cultural heritage of the Highlands and Islands. In this edition of 'In Focus', join Isobella Hubbard as she recounts fond memories growing up by the sea in the picturesque coastal village of Hopeman, Moray, and the eerie tale of a local urban legend - the Grin Iron Wife.

...my mind went ten to a dozen imagining what she would have looked like...as a kid you give it arms, legs and everything else...

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