Birchwood

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BIRCHFORESTS
BIRCHWOODPARK
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT
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CARNIVAL
CIVILPARISH
COMMUNITYHIGH
DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
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MERSEYFOREST
NELSONSQUARTERDECK
NUCLEARREACTORS
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  1515n
BIRCHFORESTS  164s
BIRCHWOODPARK  66s
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  720n
CAMOUFLAGE  919e
CARNIVAL  917n
CIVILPARISH  56s
COMMUNITYHIGH  103s
DATEN  112s
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  22e
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111se
FORESTPARK  1920w
GEORGESAMPSON  36s
GORSECOVERT  1117n
LOCKINGSTUMPS  204s
LOW-LYINGMIST  88s
MERSEYFOREST  48s
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  1818n
NUCLEARREACTORS  11s
PESTFURLONGHILL  26s
PROCESSPLANTS  41e
RISLEYMOSS  1313n
ROFRISLEY  123s
THEPOACHER  143s
THETURFANDFEATHER  1919n
UKAEA  1212s
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  1717n
WINDSCALE  1718w