Background
Mark Williams was born on 22 August 1959 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. His father was an architect and surveyor. He met his wife at art college. She was a talented artist but ended up becoming a librarian.
The family lived in Bromsgrove, which is in Worcestershire, but only thirteen miles from Birmingham. His grandfather worked at the Austin factory and his maternal grandfather worked at Cadbury’s as an export clerk.
Every other garage had a lathe in it, and as soon as Mark Williams was fifteen he'd go out and work as an electrician’s mate.