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Article: Uncle Joe's mint balls are on a roll
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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It comes as a surprise when the phone trills on Antony
Winnard's desk and you notice it is a modern push-button model.
Something with a wind-up handle would seem more appropriate in
these surroundings.
Grainy brown office doors and matching panelled walls can have
changed little since 1919 when Mr Winnard's great great uncle,
William Santus, set up in business behind the railway line in
Wigan. Factory and offices cost him pounds 2,412, 14 shillings and
10d. But the spacious premises enabled him to expand production of
Uncle Joe's Mint Balls, already the stuff of local legend despite
being made in a kitchen by his wife, Ellen.
Then, as now, they were sold on the Santus stall in Wigan
Market. ...