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31-05-2014, 01:10 PM
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Do they still make?(nostalgia!)

uncle joe's mint balls....

one of the more adult tastes of my lancashire childhood..
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31-05-2014, 01:56 PM
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Yep I think they are still made in Wigan near us. I've not had any for ages either.
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31-05-2014, 02:01 PM
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I've never heard of them but they have them on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...sl_ee916vd1g_b
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31-05-2014, 02:16 PM
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One of my late Dad's favourite sweets being made in Wigan where he was born
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31-05-2014, 02:24 PM
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One of my late Dad's favourite sweets being made in Wigan where he was born
my birthplace too...
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31-05-2014, 02:27 PM
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I've never heard of them but they have them on Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...sl_ee916vd1g_b
ah,,, but who is uncle TOM? see first ad!

they were never individually wrapped and getting just one out of a paper bag was interesting as they would stick together..
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31-05-2014, 02:43 PM
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No clue and I did wonder who Uncle Tom was too
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31-05-2014, 03:30 PM
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Blimey, that takes me back. Always manage to eat some of the paper bag as well as the sweet

My dad's all time favourite was Pontefract Cakes. Gotta admit, I liked 'em too.
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31-05-2014, 03:37 PM
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Where Pontefract liquorice?
Sorry I'm a Southerner lol
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31-05-2014, 04:04 PM
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Pontefract cakes, rounds of liquorice, stamped with a picture-very very moreish, daren't buy any 'cos I would eat them all in one sitting
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