Background
He was born and raised in the fishing village of Street Combs, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He was born and raised in the fishing village of Street Combs, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Charles was educated at Street Combs primary school, then at Fraserburgh Academy which he left school at age 15 with no formal qualifications.
Charles served a 5 year engineering apprenticeship at the Consolidated Pneumatic Tool Company in Fraserburgh, while attending Banff and Buchan College of Further Education, and Robert Gordon"s institute in Aberdeen. In 1982, Charles Ritchie formed the company which was later to become the Score Group plc, a multi-national group of engineering companies. The book "lieutenant"s A Newton" was written and published by Mr Ritchie to portray his views on the concept of force.