Kindhearted stranger secretly paid friends' bill in pub - then disappeared

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For the latest news from in and around Oldham sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A pair of best friends are on the hunt for a kindhearted stranger, who disappeared after anonymously paying their food bill in an Oldham pub.

Liam Hulmes, from Mossley, and his best friend Beth Wrigley, from Ashton, were having brunch on Sunday morning at Uppermill’s Wagon Inn when a waitress informed them of the gesture.

Now, Liam says he would like to personally thank the man responsible — and says it is a sign of a growing community spirit in the area following the easing of lockdown. “Our food had just arrived when the waitress came over and said, ‘I don’t know if you knew the people that were on that table, but they have paid for your bill’,” he