Hosted the Eisteddfod in 1917 and 2017, the former being the "black chair" Eisteddfod, where the poet writing under the pseudonym Fleur-de-Lys couldn't stand up and accept his prize because he, Hedd Wyn, had died on the first day of the 3rd Battle of Ypres.
Well, that's true. I like to think they're only going back to their roots though!
Birkenhead is a very Welsh town.