Birchwood

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BUNKERS
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NUCLEARREACTORS
OAKWOOD
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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  157w
BIRCHFORESTS  36e
BIRCHWOODPARK  616e
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  2015w
BUNKERS  194s
CAMOUFLAGE  48e
CARNIVAL  2010n
CIVILPARISH  918e
COMMUNITYHIGH  16s
DATEN  312e
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  220n
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111ne
FORESTPARK  1113e
GEORGESAMPSON  420e
GORSECOVERT  1011e
LOCKINGSTUMPS  310e
LOW-LYINGMIST  814e
MERSEYFOREST  1819w
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  184w
NUCLEARREACTORS  182w
OAKWOOD  911w
PESTFURLONGHILL  31e
PROCESSPLANTS  2017w
RISLEYMOSS  139w
ROFRISLEY  169w
THEPOACHER  1012e
THETURFANDFEATHER  193w
UKAEA  812sw
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  175w