Name: No. 7 Main Street : St Kilda
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No. 7 Main Street : St Kilda

£18.50 – £140.00

This image is available as:

50 x 50cm giclée print mounted with an off-white mount board (image size 30 x30cm) – £140.00;

30 x 30cm giclée print mounted with an off-white mount board (image size 18 x18cm) – £80.00; or

pack of 6 greetings cards with envelopes, each in a cello bag – £18.50.

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Categories: Alisdair Wiseman, St Kilda

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The last occupants of No. 7 Main Street were Finlay Gillies, his widowed daughter-in-law, Catherine Gillies, and her two sons, Donald (12) and Ewan (8). At 72 years of age, Finlay was the oldest inhabitant on St Kilda at the time of the evacuation. No. 7 was one of 16 cottages built around 1861, which were occupied until the island was evacuated on August 29, 1930, when life and living had become untenable for the small remaining community. This testimony to his presence was painted on an old roof slate. You can see the remains on the right-hand side of the hole where it was originally attached to the roof structure.