Birchwood

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BIRCHFORESTS
BIRCHWOODPARK
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT
BUNKERS
CAMOUFLAGE
CARNIVAL
CIVILPARISH
COMMUNITYHIGH
DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
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FORESTPARK
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LOCKINGSTUMPS
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MERSEYFOREST
NELSONSQUARTERDECK
NUCLEARREACTORS
OAKWOOD
PESTFURLONGHILL
PROCESSPLANTS
RISLEYMOSS
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  1716nw
BIRCHFORESTS  518n
BIRCHWOODPARK  66s
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  220e
BUNKERS  917e
CAMOUFLAGE  78se
CARNIVAL  159nw
CIVILPARISH  78s
COMMUNITYHIGH  1916n
DATEN  916n
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  22s
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111se
FORESTPARK  1612n
GEORGESAMPSON  317n
GORSECOVERT  63se
LOCKINGSTUMPS  31e
LOW-LYINGMIST  42e
MERSEYFOREST  47s
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  1818n
NUCLEARREACTORS  13s
OAKWOOD  818n
PESTFURLONGHILL  1715nw
PROCESSPLANTS  206s
RISLEYMOSS  68se
THEPOACHER  153s
THETURFANDFEATHER  1919w
UKAEA  1017n
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  1717n
WINDSCALE  1718w