SWNSA 95-year old veteran became the first to dance in a newly reopened nightclub 74 years after he met his wife there. The owner not only offered him the dance floor, but also let him choose the music. Kevin was the first to shuffle on the floor to Chattanooga Choo Choo, by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, on Saturday, July 1. “It was amazing, his smile was absolutely beaming,” Donna said. “It made him happy.” “All of his memories flooded back to him.” He put on his medals, and he talked about the fights that would break out between the men and women who were stationed nearby over who would dance with them.” He hasn’t stopped mentioning it.” Donna said Kevin asked her what she would be doing on Saturday and then explained that he wanted to go dancing with her.” I said “Kevin, this will not be like it was in the 1950s.” He kept asking me. He was determined. Kevin’s daughter Karen Mason said that her father had always enjoyed dancing and found the event “very emotional”. Kevin spun Donna around.
A 95-year-old veteran became the first person to dance at a newly-reopened nightclub, 74 years after meeting his wife there. Sprightly Kevin Topham took to the dance floor with his caregiver when Club X reopened after more than a decade in Nottinghamshire, last weekend. The grandad-of-one was adamant that he wanted to go back to
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