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saxy_jag | 17:14 Sun 19th Nov 2006 | History
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When were tontines banned in the United Kingdom?
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Avatar Image Ethel
Too much of a temptation to kill off your partners!

Nice bit of information here:

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-to n1.htm
22:33 Sun 19th Nov 2006
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It was around 1850 when tontines were made illegal in the UK, but I can't find a link to back this up.
22:42 Sun 19th Nov 2006
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Thanks Ethel. I thought it was round about then. I only need an approximate date, so that's fine.

Cheers.
22:59 Sun 19th Nov 2006
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I've seen "The Wrong Box" - hilarious.

It was actually that film that gave me the idea of using one as a plot device.
16:49 Mon 20th Nov 2006
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early type of life insurance apparently

as for tontines surviving in hotels,
yup there is one near middlesbrough,
Tontine Hotel just half a mile from Mount Grace Priory - ruins of
20:49 Mon 20th Nov 2006
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see this site -

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-to n1.htm
10:01 Tue 21st Nov 2006

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