Birchwood

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BIRCHFORESTS
BIRCHWOODPARK
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT
BUNKERS
CAMOUFLAGE
CARNIVAL
CIVILPARISH
COMMUNITYHIGH
DATEN
FIREWORKSDISPLAY
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS
FORESTPARK
GEORGESAMPSON
GORSECOVERT
LOCKINGSTUMPS
LOW-LYINGMIST
MERSEYFOREST
NELSONSQUARTERDECK
NUCLEARREACTORS
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  715n
BIRCHFORESTS  720e
BIRCHWOODPARK  2017n
BRITAIN'SGOTTALENT  11s
BUNKERS  2018w
CAMOUFLAGE  812n
CARNIVAL  183sw
CIVILPARISH  101s
COMMUNITYHIGH  717e
DATEN  112s
FIREWORKSDISPLAY  202w
FOOTBALLTOURNAMENTS  1111sw
FORESTPARK  915ne
GEORGESAMPSON  318n
GORSECOVERT  1817n
LOCKINGSTUMPS  25s
LOW-LYINGMIST  194s
MERSEYFOREST  616e
NELSONSQUARTERDECK  418n
NUCLEARREACTORS  201w
OAKWOOD  1014e
PESTFURLONGHILL  617ne
PROCESSPLANTS  515ne
RISLEYMOSS  614n
ROFRISLEY  94s
THEPOACHER  1716n
THETURFANDFEATHER  319e
UKAEA  1515w
WEAPONSPROGRAMME  517n
WINDSCALE  518e