Birchwood

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BIRCHFORESTS
BIRCHWOODPARK
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BUNKERS
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CIVILPARISH
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DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
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GORSECOVERT
LOCKINGSTUMPS
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MERSEYFOREST
NELSONSQUARTERDECK
NUCLEARREACTORS
OAKWOOD
PESTFURLONGHILL
PROCESSPLANTS
RISLEYMOSS
ROFRISLEY
THEPOACHER
THETURFANDFEATHER
UKAEA
WEAPONSPROGRAMME
WINDSCALE

Key points of interest in Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England. Once you have crossed through all the listed words, you will find (some of) the words contained in a quotation on the place. The name change of the town from Risley to Birchwood took place in the late 1960’s, when the redevelopment of the town became a central focus of the Warrington New Town Development Corporation (Tuohey, 2010/11). The change in name is somewhat ironic, despite it being a logical one, seeing that the area east of Birchwood mainly consists of birch forests, as it was after this time that the town truly became a thriving business centre, losing its rural character for once and all (“Birchwood”, [s.d.]). QUOTATION George Sampson, 2008 winner of ITV talent show Britain’s Got Talent, in which he breakdanced on-stage to a Gene Kelly hit Singin’ in the Rain before a TV audience of 13.1 million, heralds from Birchwood. In an interview with BBC News entertainment reporter Liam Allen he is reported as saying “I have a spine disease called Scheuermann's disease ... It's not going to stop me dancing - I'm fine about it” (Allen, 2008). SOURCES Allen, Liam. 2008. Talking Shop: George Sampson. Story from BBC NEWS. 3 June. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/7434019.stm [2012,June 10]. “Birchwood”. [s.d.]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birchwood. Tuohey, Brian. 2010/11. Rural Risley to bustling Birchwood: A journey through time. http://www.2eimages.co.uk/places/birchwood/history/index.htm [2012, June 10]. FOR A MORE COMPREHENSIVE VERSION OF THIS PUZZLE, PLEASE SEE: http://wordsearchpuzzlesuk.blogspot.com/2014/04/birchwood-puzzle.html.] Enjoy this puzzle? If so, then maybe you'd like to check out my book of word search puzzles that is now available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Towns-Villages-Situated-Along-TransPennine/dp/1530873045/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480482199&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=louis+henderson+word+search.

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ATOMICDEFENCE  1515n
BIRCHFORESTS  34s
BIRCHWOODPARK  1616n
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  12s
BUNKERS  98n
CAMOUFLAGE  720n
CARNIVAL  1011s
CIVILPARISH  819e
COMMUNITYHIGH  1816n
DATEN  316s
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  2020n
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111nw
FORESTPARK  2020w
GEORGESAMPSON  220n
GORSECOVERT  1413n
LOCKINGSTUMPS  31e
LOW-LYINGMIST  1917n
MERSEYFOREST  66s
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  83s
NUCLEARREACTORS  44s
OAKWOOD  109n
PESTFURLONGHILL  113s
PROCESSPLANTS  142w
RISLEYMOSS  99s
ROFRISLEY  1918w
THEPOACHER  1212n
THETURFANDFEATHER  1717n
UKAEA  1213s
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  55s
WINDSCALE  1311n