Biography:Peter Scollay

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Peter Scollay


     
 Given name:     Peter
 Middle name:     
 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).