Birchwood

ATOMICDEFENCE
BIRCHFORESTS
BIRCHWOODPARK
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT
BUNKERS
CAMOUFLAGE
CARNIVAL
CIVILPARISH
COMMUNITYHIGH
DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS
FORESTPARK
GEORGESAMPSON
GORSECOVERT
LOCKINGSTUMPS
LOW-LYINGMIST
MERSEYFOREST
NELSONSQUARTERDECK
NUCLEARREACTORS
OAKWOOD
PESTFURLONGHILL
PROCESSPLANTS
RISLEYMOSS
ROFRISLEY
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  41e
BIRCHWOODPARK  13s
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  13se
BUNKERS  155s
CAMOUFLAGE  163w
CARNIVAL  414e
CIVILPARISH  1418w
COMMUNITYHIGH  1420w
DATEN  513n
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  22s
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111se
FORESTPARK  1613nw
GEORGESAMPSON  2014n
GORSECOVERT  36s
LOCKINGSTUMPS  1517w
LOW-LYINGMIST  42e
MERSEYFOREST  56se
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  1818n
NUCLEARREACTORS  1719w
OAKWOOD  1113w
PESTFURLONGHILL  1715nw
PROCESSPLANTS  417n
RISLEYMOSS  416e
ROFRISLEY  315e
THETURFANDFEATHER  1919n
UKAEA  123s
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  1717n
WINDSCALE  1612n