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Aug. 08, 1963 - Boys rescued from pit. Two boys from cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, set out to help in the search for a four - year-old boy who was lost in some woods, and themselves became lost in a disused mine at Adderley edge. They were half a mile inside and hundreds of feet below ground, and their torches had run out. It was 23 hours before the tow boys. David Dick, 16, and Ian Lewis , 12 were found and brought to the surface. photo shows after 23 hours of anxious searching and waiting, sixteen-year-old David Dick and his father embrace as he comes out of the mine. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)