Our happy family photograph was captured 30 years ago.
It was early March 1993 and showbiz couple Tim Healy and Denise Welch were posing at home with their young son Matthew. The husband and wife, of course, were famous Tyneside-born stage and TV actors.
Tim, 41, had shot to fame with his brilliant portrayal of Dennis Patterson, the worldly-wise unofficial gaffer in the smash-hit television comedy drama, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Thirty-four-year-old Denise at the time was appearing as the estranged wife of Detective Sgt Freddie Spender in the BBC series of the same name, written by and starring another Pet favourite, Jimmy Nail.
