Geoff Masters was the childhood sweetheart of Audrey Potter.
As teenagers their relationship was short-lived when Audrey neglected to tell him that she'd fallen pregnant. Their son, Stephen was born in February 1957. However, Audrey was forced by her father to give him up to Malcolm and Joyce Reid, a young childless couple who were neighbours of the Potter family on Richmond Road. The Reids adopted Stephen and emigrated to Canada in 1960.