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‘Apparently in Manchester, you can walk into any pub in the middle of the day and there will be life’\"AnAn Australian TikTok star visited a particularly popular Northern Quarter pub during a visit to the city(Image: TikTok: @mrmelk_)<\/p>\n

It sounds like the start of a joke you\u2019d already be grumbling at: An Aussie man walks into a Manchester bar<\/a> and\u2026<\/p>\n

But, earlier this week, Australian content creator Olly Bowman, who has over 850,000 followers on TikTok<\/a> alone, documented his visit to a particularly popular Northern Quarter<\/a> boozer online and the jokes kept on coming.<\/p>\n

During a recent visit to the city, Olly decided to stop by at The Millstone pub<\/a>, on Thomas Street, which many will know has a reputation for its lively karaoke sessions and its rowdy-but-usually-harmless punters.<\/p>\n

As part of a recent video series captioned ‘Aussie tries Manchester for the first time’, Olly, under the username @mrmelk_ on TikTok, spoke about how he realised there’s “more to the UK than just London”, and said he was told to visit the Northern Quarter during his trip here.<\/p>\n

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\"TheThe Millstone is known for its lively nature(Image: TikTok: @mrmelk_)<\/p>\n

His first stop was trying Gooey, where he ordered a Pecan and Chocolate pie. \u201cI really like that,\u201d he said. \u201cThat rivals a cinnamon bun\u201d. He then headed to caf\u00e9 institution Koffee Pot to try some Birria Brothers tacos.<\/p>\n

Naturally, the next stop was then The Millstone. \u201cApparently in Manchester, you can walk into any pub in the middle of the day and there will be life,\u201d he said in the next video as he walked into the pub \u2018on a 3.30pm on a Tuesday\u2019.<\/p>\n

As he watched a man sing a rendition of Neil Diamond\u2019s Cracklin\u2019 Rosie from the sidelines, another customer approached Olly to ask \u2018R Kid\u2019 where he was from before telling him he was from \u2018Ancoats, born and bred\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"OllyOlly popped into the Millstone for a brief visit during his first time in the city(Image: TikTok: @mrmelk_)<\/p>\n

“This is my first time here, I love it,” Olly told the punter, who responded with a series of ineligible words as the two partook in the \u2018world\u2019s longest handshake\u2019. Another customer, wearing a black Guinness top, then approached Olly to ask: \u201cDo you know Ned Kelly?\u201d<\/p>\n

In-between laughing, Olly responded: \u201cYeah, he\u2019s my grandfather\u201d. For those out of the know, the popular bushranger and gang-leader, originally from Victoria, died way back in 1880.<\/p>\n

At the end of the video, which has had almost 350,000 views so far, Olly then concluded that the experience had been \u2018so, so funny\u2019. And his followers could not handle the fact he\u2019d chosen the famed Manchester pub to visit.<\/p>\n

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One person joked: \u201cNOT THE MILLSTONE OMGG HAHAHAHAHAH You\u2019re lucky to have gotten out alive.\u201d Another commented: \u201cyou in the millstone was not on my 2025 bingo card.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another posted: \u201cThe Millstone is a wilddddd choice.\u201d One other responded to say: \u201cAgain, welcome to the north.\u201d Someone else commented: \u201cThe Millstone is not an ordinary pub. It\u2019s one on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others also took the chance to suggest the scenes in the video were similar to previous viral clips, including one at Doncaster’s Coach and Horses and another in Stockport<\/a> – taken at The Chestergate – which featured a man lifting up his shirt to show off his belly<\/a> during a karaoke session.<\/p>\n

\"OllyOlly said he ‘loved’ his visit to the iconic pub(Image: TikTok: @mrmelk_)<\/p>\n

On Olly’s video, some people also commented to say that they had a genuine soft spot for The Millstone. One wrote: \u201cThe Millstone vibes are immaculate. Doesn’t matter of it’s a Saturday night or a Tuesday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another said: \u201cThe Millstone is an incredible Manchester institution and should be protected at all costs! We love it in there.\u201d One wrote: \u201cThe Millstone is like Groundhog Day, the vibes never stopppp!\u201d Another added: \u201cSalt of the earth. One of the best the millstone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olly is on TikTok here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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