Janine was the first person I met at Nene College, Northampton. My parents had just dropped me off and in a desperation to keep myself busy, I ended up helping Janine and her dad unload their car.

I was absolutely amazed by the amount of stuff Janine took to uni. She had ten times as much as anyone else!

Janine and I soon became very good friends.

We shared the same hall in our first year at Nene and lived together in our third and fourth years.

Natalie Martin

Some of my best uni memories involve Janine. She used to have one Diamond White cider and be absolutely trollied!

"Friday night, Sat'dy dinner."

On one occasion, after the obligatory Diamond White, she pressed the help button in the hall, after which we all had to run to our rooms and hide from the warden!

Another treasured memory was the potato, pube collage and tit print evening. After eating our jacket potatoes, we preceded to make a pube collage. This in turn led to stripping off our tops, painting our breasts and making boob prints! I have the photos to prove this, and we weren't even drunk!

If I remember correctly, Janine painted her left breast in a black and green striped design and labelled it: "Janine's stripey salacious seductive nipple."

On another occasion, Janine, Helen and I borrowed a "teach yourself cha cha" tape from the library. We practiced in the lounge, wearing saucy bras and knickers and stilettos!

Janine's stripey nipples

Janine and Helen put three-quarter-length macs on and I locked them outside!

On yet another occasion, our heating broke down in the middle of winter and when the man came to mend the boiler (after lying that we'd got a baby in the house so they'd hurry) Janine put on a bright yellow dress from the 50s and pranced around the house to Victor Silvester tunes!

After a catalogue of unworthy gentleman callers, Helen told Janine to raise her standards, after which (thank goodness), she got it together with Tim.

During our fourth year, Janine and I had the misfortune to rent another house from a Mrs Jeffries, the Landlady from Hell.

Janine... did you pretend to be Guy?

Victor Silvester

Since graduating, Janine and I have continued to be excellent friends. Janine has been of great support to me, very loyal, caring and fun (always a pleasure, never a chore).

All the best to Tim and Janine for a happy and fruitful life together. Have a nice time, nice time, nice time!

Natalie Martin,
Chief Bridesmaid.