Wigan is home to the annual World Pie Eating Championship, usually held at "Harry's Bar" on Wallgate. The competition has been held since 1992, and in 2006 a vegetarian option was added. Wiganers are sometimes referred to as "pie-eaters". The name is said to date from the 1926 General Strike when Wigan coal miners were starved back to work before their counterparts in surrounding towns and so were forced to metaphorically eat "humble pie". In addition, Wigan is well known as the home of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls.