Fab-u-lous! Couple in their nineties have bar-goers in tears as they glide across the dance floor on a night out to celebrate 70 years of marriage

 This is the sweet moment a city centre bar applauded a couple dancing together and celebrating 70 years of marriage.

People were in tears at Ruby Blues on Great Charlotte Street in Liverpool city centre on Saturday as Ina, 92, and Norman Hill, 94, danced to Andy Williams' The Impossible Dream.

Mr and Mrs Hill, from Netherton, met at The Grafton Ballroom, now known as the Liverpool Olympia, in 1950.

The couple toured the world together as ballroom dancers and relished the opportunity to take to the floor again at Ruby Blues. The couple danced for delighted onlookers

People were in tears at Ruby Blues on Great Charlotte Street in Liverpool city centre on Saturday as Ina, 92, and Norman Hill, 94, danced to Andy Williams' The Impossible Dream

Mr and Mrs Hill, from Netherton, met at The Grafton Ballroom, now known as the Liverpool Olympia, in 1950

Mr and Mrs Hill, from Netherton, met at The Grafton Ballroom, now known as the Liverpool Olympia, in 1950

They relished the chance to take to the floor together again
The couple toured the world as ballroom dancers after meeting in 1950

The couple toured the world together as ballroom dancers and relished the opportunity to take to the floor again at Ruby Blues

Mr and Mrs Hill's impromptu performance happened while they were enjoying celebrations at the bar with their family this weekend ahead of their 70th wedding anniversary today.  

Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, granddaughter Rebecca Hill, 23, said: 'They went over to get a picture with George Gallagher. He started singing, they started dancing and the crowd just made a space for them. The place was packed and everything just went quiet. 

There were people standing on chairs and everything, it was amazing to watch. It was emotional. 

'People who didn't even know my nan and grandad were in tears and after they saw them dance they were telling them different stories about their husbands and wives and congratulating them.' 

Mr and Mrs Hill's impromptu performance happened while they were enjoying celebrations at the bar with their family this weekend ahead of their 70th wedding anniversary today

Mr and Mrs Hill's impromptu performance happened while they were enjoying celebrations at the bar with their family this weekend ahead of their 70th wedding anniversary today

Mr and Mrs Hill have been dancing since they first met at The Grafton Ballroom in 1950

Mr and Mrs Hill have been dancing since they first met at The Grafton Ballroom in 1950

Mr and Mrs Hill have been dancing since they first met at The Grafton in 1950.  

They got married in 1952 and have four children, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren together.   

Mr Hill said: 'I met my wife at the Grafton in Liverpool many years ago. First of all, I was on the balcony and I saw my wife down below. I said 'she's nice', so when I got down there someone had beat me to it, so when she came back I went upstairs again and someone beat me to it again.

'The third time I stood behind her, I thought you're not going to get away this time and got her up for a dance then and the rest is history. We've had a good, healthy and happy life. We've got an absolutely wonderful family that support us.

'Dancing has been our life, it's kept us fit and I was on the docks for 30 years, that helped.' 

He said that he was overwhelmed by the response the couple received to their dancing in the bar on Saturday.  

He added: 'It was out of this world. It was a night I'll never forget, neither will my wife. Everyone was so nice - from Newcastle, Leeds, Liverpool, everywhere - the people coming up to us congratulating us and wishing us well.'

They got married in 1952 and have four children, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren together

They got married in 1952 and have four children, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren together

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