Background

Max Farnham arrived on Brookside Close in 1990 with wife Patricia and son Thomas. He had previously been married to Susannah

Susannah Morrisey

Susannah Morrisey is a fictional character in the defunct Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. She was portrayed by Karen Drury from 1991 until the character's death in 2000...

 and had two children, Matthew and Emily, from his first marriage. The marriage had broken up as a result of his affair with Patricia.

Max's marriage to Patricia later broke up and Max and Susannah rekindled their relationship and remarried. Their marriage went through numerous tests but crumbled following the death of their children Matthew and Emily in a car crash in April 1997, and several other dramas. Susannah herself finally died in November 2000 in a fall down the stairs. In 1996, Max slept with Bev McLoughlin resulting in the birth of baby Chloe in December 1996.

In 2001, Max married Jacqui Dixon, the surrogate mother of his son, Harry. In 2003, Max and Jacqui moved away from the close to Woolton

Woolton

Woolton is a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England and a Liverpool City Council Ward. It is located at the south of the city, bordered by Gateacre, Hunts Cross, Allerton and Halewood. At the 2001 Census the population was recorded as 14,836.-History:...

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Max Farnham and Jacqui Dixon sold their house to Jack Michaelson

Jack Michaelson

Jack Michaelson is a character in Channel 4 soap Brookside played by Paul Duckworth for the final three episodes in October and November 2003...

 a drug dealer who terrorised the street until the other residents lynched

Lynching

Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that...

 him from the bedroom window.

Feud with Ron Dixon

Thourghout his time on Brookside Close, Max Farnham has an ongoing feud with Ron Dixon

Ron Dixon (Brookside)

Ronald William "Ron" Dixon is a fictional character in the British soap opera, Brookside, played by Vince Earl from 1990 until the final episode in 2003, during which time he was involved in several major storylines....

. This started when Ron put up a fence. The conflict between the neighbours escalated when Ron's daughter Jacqui had a surrogate child for Max. The hostility continued until Max left.