WHATEVER BECAME OF KEVIN AND JANINE?

Hopefully, a side-on view of a bit of nip won't shock

anyone too much, but there's a reason for me publishing this

particular pic.  I think it's Page 3 model JANINE ANDREWS,

and the original glossy photo from which I photocopied this image

used to adorn the wall under the window ledge beside the desk of

IPC art assistant KEVIN BRIGHTON, who worked on the

same floor (26th) as myself in KING'S REACH TOWER

in Stamford Street, London, circa 1985-'87.

His desk was situated in front of mine, and as I visited

the capital every week (sometimes twice), I got so used to

seeing the lovely Janine that Kevin let me photostat the pic so

that I could have my very own copy to take home with me.  For

nearly 30 years it's graced the side of a filing cabinet in my room,

and whenever my eyes fall upon it, I can't help but be reminded

of King's Reach Tower, the view from the window of the

26th floor, and, of course, Kevin himself.

The last time I saw Kev was in December 1987, when I

visited London, not for the purposes of work, but for a two

day stay in the capital just for the sake of it.  In fact, I haven't

been back to London since then, and although I spoke to Kev a

couple of times or so on the 'phone shortly after that, I don't know

what became of him once the IPC Youth Group started to dis-

integrate when pension-pincher ROBERT MAXWELL ac-

quired it a few years before his ill-fated swim in 1991.

Kevin was quite a talented cartoonist in his own right,

so maybe he fulfilled his artistic ambitions, met and married

Janine Andrews, ditched the photo, and lived happily ever after.

 Whatever happened to him, I have fond memories of my visits

down south in the '80s, and one glance at the above picture

brings it all back to me.  Ah, happy days indeed.

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