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Biography:Peter Scollay
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Peter Scollay
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| Given name: | Peter |
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| Family name: | Scollay |
| Place of birth: | Burravoe, Yell, Shetland |
| Place of death: | Yell, Shetland |
| Year of birth: | 1922 |
| Year of death: | 2000 |
| Profile: | Composer, Musician |
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Biographical notes
PETER SCOLLAY (1922-2000) was a fiddler and ethnological informant for several field collectors. His sound archives can be heard at the Tobar an Dualchais site. Mr. Scollay was a building inspector on Shetland. Scollay is at the extreme right of the picture above, taken at a school opening in Fetlar (probably early 1960's).
