Old Photograph Scalloway Shetland Islands

Old photograph of fishing boats yard in Scalloway on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Norwegian boat builders from Hordaland, around the Bergen areas of Os and Tysnes built Yoals from about the 16th century. Oselvar, the traditional small wooden boat of Os, were taken apart and then flat packed for shipping to Scalloway. Instead of sending complicated assembly instructions, they sent boat builders to re-build them. Many of those stayed for years in Shetland, and some married there.





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