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The Craigs

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The Craigs. James, ‘The Ouseburn Hero’, his sons and brother George Lived in this street 1849-1894. They saved 25 people from drowning & won 7 Royal Humane Society Awards. ‘The pluckiest family of life-savers in the kingdom’

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