Heartbeat Memories

Police Constable (PC) Nicholas "Nick" Rowan, later Sgt (1992–1997). Newly arrived from London to become Police Constable for Aidensfield, Nick was good-natured, after some initial hostility, became popular with the people of Aidensfield. Nick was very happily married to Dr Kate Rowan, and they had a daughter Katie, but by the time Kate gave birth she was ill with leukaemia which eventually claimed her life. About two years later, after veiled suggestions that he might be paired off with nurse Maggie Bolton, Nick met school teacher Jo Weston, and they started courting and later married. He was promoted to sergeant and took over from Oscar Blaketon when the latter was invalided out of the force. He was not happy in his new job, however, and several months after his wedding with Jo, he accepted an offer to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and left Aidensfield, with Jo and Katie, to go to Canada. This storyline was the basis of a one-off special episode called "Heartbeat: Changing Places". Nick was brought up in Hackney, in London's East End, by his mother Ruby. His father, a merchant seaman, had died in the war.