‘I won’t stop until they carry me away in a box’ - One of UK’s oldest women, 101, reveals secret to long life

Sophie Wills
By Sophie Wills
Published 19th Jan 2023, 16:57 BST
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The 101-year-old is still going strong as a dance teacher, hits the ballet barre every morning and says she won’t stop “until they carry me away in a box”.

One of the 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 being over a century old, she starts every morning by going to the studio in her home and practising some moves on her ballet barre.