This elderly couple are living proof that love never grows old after they were filmed dancing with each other to a busker’s music.

Shoppers in Wolverhampton were surprised to see Joan Culberwell, 86, and Thomas McGonigal, 84, begin waltzing when they heard an accordion player performing one of their favourite tunes on Monday.

Retired bricklayer Thomas said: ‘It wasn’t a planned thing, Joan and I were walking through town to Boots when we stopped to listen to a busker.


‘He was playing a medley of lovely ballroom tunes and I could sense Joan moving her feet.

The couple met in a dance class 40 years ago (Picture: NTI)

‘I was tapping along and just said to her “may I take this dance?” and that was that.’



The couple from Wolverhampton, who have been together for 40 years, met at a dance class in the 1970s.

The ‘nimble’ couple danced around Wolverhampton city centre (Picture: NTI)

Joan said they both watch Strictly Come Dancing every week and they are ‘very nimble for our age’.

She added: ‘We do the cha cha, waltz, fox trot, samba, the quick step, we do them all.’

Shopper Daniella Brook, 25, who filmed the heart-warming moment, said: ‘I was just out shopping with a friend and saw them and it touched my heart that they are still in love with dancing, and each other, after all these years.’

Joan and Thomas with the accordion player (Picture: NTI)