Yes I am Billingham Born and Bread, so grew up in the thick of the Chemical town! Which is on the up again after many years. (between jobs at sea i have had the pleasure of working on a re-commision on what used to be the Phenol plant, now an oil refining facility, as a process technician)
The school near ICI, could be one of a few...Port Clarence(Haverton Hill) perhaps?
I'll certainly be improving her rudder then when it comes to it (Aziz is top priority at the minute) !