In a classic TV show renowned for its unashamed 1980s laddishness, bawdy banter and laugh-out-loud comic moments, it was a poignant scene.
It came in series two of Auf Wiedserehen Pet, at the end of an episode called Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
We see the normally boozy, belligerent character of Oz, brilliantly portrayed by Jimmy Nail, saying a subdued final farewell to his estranged screen son Rod.
At a rain-lashed bus stop (which is still there to this day) on Newcastle Quayside in the shadow of the Tyne Bridge, Rod steps tentatively on to the number 35 to Chapel Park alone.
But Oz has one last piece of advice for the young lad who was emigrating to Italy with his mother, Marjorie, and her boyfriend Sandro.
Just before the bus pulls off, he says: "Here, listen, you might be a man of the world now, but never forget your roots, son. You'll always be a Geordie no matter where you go. This is the place that shaped you and made you what you are. Alright?"
"Auf wiedersehen, son," utters Oz as the bus pulls off and the final credits roll.
It's 35 years this week since the second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet began broadcasting for the first time.
And the lad who played young Rod Osborne is these days 48-year-old Barry Hollinshead, living in the Whitley Bay area, married with two children, and working in quality control.
"I was a 13-year-old playing a 10-year-old," laughs Barry who was brought up in Walker, Newcastle.
He recalls: "I was a bit of a tearaway at school - which was Benfield - and probably the only subject I enjoyed was drama at it didn't involve much effort.
"Ours was one of the schools invited to hold auditions for the part of Oz's son in the upcoming series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
"We did a couple of sketches - Geordie family scenes, that type of thing. It went OK, and I was invited to the second phase of the auditions at the Thistle Hotel in the city centre."
Barry continues: "There were loads of other lads and their mams milling about when we got there and then we were all gobsmacked when suddenly Jimmy Nail walked in. It was around the time he had his first hit single, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, and some people had brought the record for him to autograph.
"Eventually I did some parts with Jimmy, watched by the series writer Ian La Frenais and programme director Roger Bamford, and it must have gone well. I was told to wait outside for a while and they took my photograph before I went home.
"A couple of weeks later at home, the phone rang, my dad answered and was told I'd been given the part of Rodney Osborne. It was a real thrill - as I'd been allowed to stay up and watch the first series and I was already a big fan of the show."
Barry appeared in one episode Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore - where Oz briefly returns to Tyneside - and he played a key role as Oz's son.
Later, the show's writers Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement would reveal the episode was one of their favourites as it showed Oz on his home, formative patch and in a more reflective mood than his normally bellicose self.
In one hilarious scene where Oz and Wayne, played by Gary Holton, try to kidnap Italy-bound Rod after a school football match, they actually snatch the wrong lad, only realising the mistake when they're roaring down the road in Wayne's BMW.
"A lot of fans of the show think the school scene was shot in Newcastle, but it was actually filmed in Nottingham," says Barry. "We ended up playing football for around eight hours that day."
Gary Holton would die, aged just 32, in October 1985, toward the end of filming of the series.
"What I remember about Gary is that he was always laughing," recalls Barry. "In one scene we had to stop filming for 20 minutes because he was in total hysterics about something."
The whole filming process took around 12 months and involved a lot of toing and froing between Tyneside and the Midlands for Barry and his mother.
"In that time, Jimmy and all the cast were wonderful to me and my mam." remembers Barry. "We were welcomed and accepted as part of the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet family.
"While we were filming, Jimmy was so easy to work with, always complimenting me on my acting and, in fact, coaching me. We kept in touch for a while after the show."
At the time, Barry even made the pages of the Chronicle in a story under the headline of 'Son of Oz' where he told how Nail "was a great laugh, on and off screen."
Some of final scenes of Marjorie Doesn't Live Here Anymore show Oz and Rod, father and son, sharing rare time and a final farewell together at North Shields' Albert Dock amid the cranes of the River Tyne.
It's a spectacular piece of television, gritty and emotional at the same time, showing Oz in rare moments of introspection. If the Tyne and its shipyards were going through a process of transformation, so were the lives of young Rod and his dad.
When the bus with Rod on board pulls away from the rainy Quayside, it's the last we see of the character for around 16 years.
When he does re-appear in the third series of the show in 2002, it's a different grown-up Rod, a singer and drag artist played by a different actor, Mark Stobbart.
But for many fans of the show (myself included) the later series on BBC didn't quite have the charm, authenticity and magic of the first two 1980s series.
For Barry Hollinshead after being, for a while, the most famous boy in Britain after appearing in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, there was some brief theatre work, before he entered a career in the Armed Forces, an ambition he'd harboured since childhood.
These days, he remains proud of having played a small part in one of UK television's biggest success stories.
"It was a great series and a great experience. My wife plays the episode on DVD now and again for a laugh", he says. "And I still get recognised a lot and asked questions about it in the pub, on the Metro, or wherever. And it's fair to say, I get a kick out of it."
Until next time, auf wiedersehen, Barry Hollinshead.
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