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WELSH EISTEDDFOD IN LIVERPOOL

July 29, 2014 By Steven Horton

Last weekend saw Newsham Park taken over by the Giants, but this isn’t the first time one of Liverpool’s parks has been the subject of a unique event. In 1929 Sefton Park hosted the Welsh Eisteddfod with a record crowd attending on the first day. Previous Eisteddfod’s had been held in the city in 1884 […]

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