Birchwood

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BUNKERS
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DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
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MERSEYFOREST
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NUCLEARREACTORS
OAKWOOD
PESTFURLONGHILL
PROCESSPLANTS
RISLEYMOSS
ROFRISLEY
THEPOACHER
THETURFANDFEATHER
UKAEA
WEAPONSPROGRAMME

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  1515w
BIRCHFORESTS  1913n
BIRCHWOODPARK  1616w
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  1820w
BUNKERS  28n
CAMOUFLAGE  618e
CARNIVAL  1910w
CIVILPARISH  29e
COMMUNITYHIGH  62e
DATEN  1512se
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  2020n
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111nw
FORESTPARK  198w
GEORGESAMPSON  31e
GORSECOVERT  11s
LOCKINGSTUMPS  1313w
LOW-LYINGMIST  1414w
MERSEYFOREST  66e
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  112e
NUCLEARREACTORS  44e
OAKWOOD  1111e
PESTFURLONGHILL  1819w
PROCESSPLANTS  83e
RISLEYMOSS  187w
ROFRISLEY  110e
THEPOACHER  111e
THETURFANDFEATHER  1717w
UKAEA  27e
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  55e