Birchwood

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BIRCHFORESTS
BIRCHWOODPARK
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT
BUNKERS
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CARNIVAL
CIVILPARISH
COMMUNITYHIGH
DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
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FORESTPARK
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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  77s
BIRCHFORESTS  219n
BIRCHWOODPARK  1916n
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  1519n
BUNKERS  1219n
CAMOUFLAGE  1413n
CARNIVAL  134s
CIVILPARISH  186s
COMMUNITYHIGH  171s
DATEN  1319n
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  2020n
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111nw
FORESTPARK  1110s
GEORGESAMPSON  96s
GORSECOVERT  819n
LOCKINGSTUMPS  142w
LOW-LYINGMIST  520e
MERSEYFOREST  66s
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  11e
NUCLEARREACTORS  44s
OAKWOOD  125w
PESTFURLONGHILL  117n
PROCESSPLANTS  53se
RISLEYMOSS  1611n
ROFRISLEY  143w
THETURFANDFEATHER  33s
UKAEA  1419n
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  55s
WINDSCALE  1011s