Celebrate VE Day by winning a year's supply of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls!

And as part of its drive to get people to take part, it has teamed up with the Wigan Observer to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a year’s supply of Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls!

The winner and four runners-up will also win two of the special tins of mint balls which William Santus and Co Ltd has launched to commemorate the 75th anniversary of guns falling silent at the end of the war in Europe.

The Tommy Tin special edition is named after Uncle Joe’s worker Tommy Bennett, who helped ensure front line forces had a regular supply of Mint Balls before joining the war effort himself with the RAF.

It also honours the British troops who fought in the war and who were nicknamed Tommies.

The commemorative tins come in two special designs for customers to collect and 20p from each sale will go to armed forces charities across the UK.

They are available to buy online at www.uncle-joes.com/sweet-shop and the company is offering to deliver orders so that they can be a part of any stay at home street party celebrations.

Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls are made by Wigan-based William Santus and Co Ltd, a privately-owned traditional sweet company that was established in 1898. The ownership has been passed down through the family generations.

The Mint Balls are still manufactured using the same traditional methods as when Mrs Santus originally made the sweets in her kitchen in 1898.

For more information on Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls and other products in the range and to buy VE Day Tommy Tins go to: www.uncle-joes.com/sweet-shop

Question: Complete the following phrase seen on the front of the VE Tommy Tins displayed at www.uncle-joes.com/sweet-shop

Hand Cooked On Open:

Stoves

Fires

Ranges

Terms and conditions.

The winner will each receive two specially designed Tommy Tins of Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls as well as one packet of Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls a week for a year. Four runners-up will each receive two specially designed Tommy Tins of Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls. Prizes not transferable.

Please send your answers, including your name, address and daytime contact number either to [email protected] or The Wigan Observer, Wigan Investment Centre, Waterside Drive, Wigan, WN3 5BA with the heading “Uncle Joe’s Tommy Tin Competition” by Tuesday May 5.

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