One of UK's oldest women has revealed her hacks for longevity - including doing ballet every day. Dinkie Flowers, a 101-year-old former pro dancer still dances every single day to stay young and says having a boogie is the secret to her long and happy life.
Dinkie started dancing at the age of three, in 1924, and still hosts dancing and keep fit lessons at her dance school called Dinkie Flowers Stage School in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, to this day. Despite aging over a century, she starts every morning by going to the studio in her home and practicing some moves on her ballet barre.
The mother-of-one has travelled the world to showcase her skills, including a show in Baghdad to dance in front of the Royal Family and performed for Prince Phillip at an Ice Gala in Paris in 1952. Reflecting on her long life, Dinkie now says dancing is the reason she has lived for so long, and says she won't stop "until they take me away in a box".
