Birchwood

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BIRCHFORESTS
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BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT
BUNKERS
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CARNIVAL
CIVILPARISH
COMMUNITYHIGH
DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
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FORESTPARK
GEORGESAMPSON
GORSECOVERT
LOCKINGSTUMPS
LOW-LYINGMIST
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  65se
BIRCHFORESTS  189s
BIRCHWOODPARK  203s
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  13e
BUNKERS  817nw
CAMOUFLAGE  917ne
CARNIVAL  1812sw
CIVILPARISH  216ne
COMMUNITYHIGH  186sw
DATEN  516sw
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  220e
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111ne
FORESTPARK  310se
GEORGESAMPSON  47se
GORSECOVERT  11e
LOCKINGSTUMPS  218n
LOW-LYINGMIST  1520nw
MERSEYFOREST  16s
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  184w
NUCLEARREACTORS  182w
OAKWOOD  95sw
PESTFURLONGHILL  155sw
PROCESSPLANTS  1718nw
RISLEYMOSS  820ne
THEPOACHER  111e
THETURFANDFEATHER  193s
UKAEA  106sw
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  175w
WINDSCALE  96se