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APOCALYPSE ANONYMOUS by
ATOSHI ANARKOMOTO

Today in 1930, the last natives of St Kilda are evacuated from the islands due to declining population, failing crops and illness.

St Kilda is an isolated archipelago beyond the outer Hebrides. From what archeology that has been discovered, it had been constantly inhabited from at least the Bronze Age.

The islanders lived in a splendid isolation with very little outside influences apart from passing ships and at several attempts to convert the locals to Christianity. A missionary who arrived on the islands in 1822 recorded that the locals had more of a belief system closer to Druids than anything else, he also studied two stone circles and 5 alters around the islands.

The Islanders had very little knowledge of the outside world and it wasn’t until the late 1800s that supply ships would regularly visit the island. In WW1, a small telegraph station was built by the Royal Navy that was then attacked by a surfaced German U-boat. Most of the islanders watched the attack as they had never seen a submarine before, the Germans only attacked the telegraph station and then sent beer,sausages and bread to the locals to ensure they had rations before contact with the mainland could be made, only one sheep was killed during the attacks and one man was slightly wounded.

After WW1, the population began to decrease with young men leaving the island for work and the need for new blood as there were fewer females being born on the island.

In 1928, the harvest failed and again the population fell. The locals on their daily parliament agreed to ask for help and possible evacuation. After a successful harvest in 1929, the plans were halted however soil testing done by the University of Aberdeen recorded a spike in lead and as such the harvest and livestock would fail. In August 1930, the evacuation took place, the community where given accommodation outside Fort William and then could stay or move across the UK or The Empire to seek a new life and opportunities. This must have been a shock going from a small island with no roads, no buildings taller than one level and the occasional ship to seeing railways, cars, lorries and the 20th Century.

The last native, Rebecca Johnson died in 2016 aged 96, she left the island aged 8.

One unique St Kildan Islander trait was their feet (see last pic) most of the men and boys spent their time collecting eggs and birds from high cliffs, this caused the muscles in their ankles and feet to be incredibly strong and tough.

In the 1950s, the MoD built a tracking station on the cliffs as part of a missile testing range. Although there is no permanent population, there are between 50-70 MoD staff living there along with rangers from the Scottish National Trust. In true British style there is a pub called The Puff Inn after the sea bird found around the Islands.

The islands are home to largest sea cliffs in the British Isles which are often climbed by the Royal Marines for charity.


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