 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Owen akaberekerwa muBerkhamsted, Hertfordshire, kuna baba Bertie, mukuru wechikoro uye Dunkirkmurwi, uye amai Esme née Burton, mudzidzisi wemimhanzi. Akadzidza paKingsland Grange Prep School, ipapo Shrewsbury Chikoro pakati pemakore 13 ne18. Paaiva paKingsland Grange, Owen akakwereta Cliff Richard rekodhi kubva kuna Bob Warman, uyo akazoenderera mberi kuti ave mutambi wenhau wenguva refu-anoshanda paATV neCentral kuMidlands. Uyewo paaiva ikoko aizonyora-ruoko pepanhau rake amene ndokuriendesa kumuchina wokukopa kuti ridhindwe, kunonzi ndiko kuva kwake kwokutanga kwenhau. 