This is the magical moment a city centre bar erupted into applause as a couple celebrating 70 years of marriage took over the dancefloor.
Pubgoers 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, performed in the pub by George Gallagher. The couple, from Netherton, met at The Grafton on West Derby Road back in 1950 and have travelled the world together as professional ballroom dancers - and it showed in their stunning performance.
They were out celebrating with their family this weekend, ahead of their 70th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, when they took to the dancefloor of the city centre bar for the impromptu performance. Granddaughter Rebecca Hill, 23, said there wasn't a dry eye in the room during the dance.
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She told the ECHO: "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."
Norman, originally from Bootle, and Ina, from Everton, have been dancing ever since they first met at The Grafton in 1950. They got married two years at the now-demolished Emmanuel church on West Derby Road, and have four children, ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren together.
Norman told the ECHO: "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."
Norman said he was overwhelmed by the response they received to their dancing in Ruby Blues 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."
