Birchwood

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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  165sw
BIRCHFORESTS  318n
BIRCHWOODPARK  1817w
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  2020n
BUNKERS  1415n
CAMOUFLAGE  315ne
CARNIVAL  818e
CIVILPARISH  186s
COMMUNITYHIGH  1920n
DATEN  158s
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  220e
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111ne
FORESTPARK  169s
GEORGESAMPSON  191w
GORSECOVERT  219e
LOCKINGSTUMPS  218n
LOW-LYINGMIST  177s
MERSEYFOREST  15s
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  184w
NUCLEARREACTORS  204sw
OAKWOOD  107w
PESTFURLONGHILL  155sw
PROCESSPLANTS  32e
RISLEYMOSS  316ne
ROFRISLEY  716e
THEPOACHER  46e
THETURFANDFEATHER  193w
UKAEA  21e
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  175w
WINDSCALE  185sw