The Museum Of Sydney is searching for items of interest (including recollections of concerts) pertaining to Sydney Stadium for an exhibition in 2012. Please assist if you have anything of interest that you can contribute.
A new page has been added to the Aussie P.J. Proby website
giving details & named after the exhibition: "Boxers, Beatles & Bobby Soxers".
Please check it out & assist if you can.
Best Regards,
Tony

C'mon Ron,
I had no idea you'd shamelessly hijacked those shoes from Australia!
Sure, we've got convict blood here, but there's no way we'd do anything with P.J.'s shoes other than worship them.
Reckon if you listen to your conscience you'll send them back for the exhibition where they belong. I reckon they will be one of the major exhibits & it would be fabulous to see P.J. receive the recognition that he deserves.
Name your price for insurance Ron & we'll double it & cover the premium & ensure they get back to you safely. No risk mate! We've got tickets, programs, posters etc., but no one could beat P.J.'s buckled shoes. Only competition I know of is legendary trailblazing Aussie rocker Johnny O'Keefe's moccasins which will be included in the display & rightly so. But they were '50's gear & don't compare to P.J.'s personally autographed unique 60's gear.

I totally agree with you Ron. No way would I send mine to Australia. Like you say no matter what insurance you would get would be enough for the loss as it wouldnt get it back
Pauline

Those shoes ain't made for walkin'......sorry but if anybody wants to see the blue buckle shoes that were autographed by P.J. after an Oz show in 1965 then you're more than welcome to just turn up at my place in Belgium & I'll even let you try them on.They are size 9. I did bring them over to Dartford in 2010 to show P.J. & any fans that wanted to see them.
   Pauline also has a P.J. shoe & Leanne Thomas too.Pauline agrees with my point of view,don't know about Leanne.To me she would be the obvious lady to ask.She lives in Ipswich,Oz. How far is that from Sydney?
  Ron
P.S. I've been on a plane once....for me ONCE was enough!
PPS. If ever there is in England a "P.J. get-together" I'd be more than happy to bring my monster P.J. collection over in the boot of my M.G.B or Alfa & let my fellow friends & fans ogle everything! LOL!

The Aussie Prime Minister losing her shoe on "Australia Day" did make international headlines on TV & the newspapers.I saw the footage & it was her own bodyguards that c****d everything up.They panicked much too quickly & whisked her roughly away. In my opinion the "protestors" should have been told to leave by the police & if they failed to obey then out with the truncheons!
       Ron
P.S. The "protestors" did offer her the shoe back afterwards!

The Sydney Museum exhibition was tentatively named "Boxers, Beatles & Bobbysoxers" but has been renamed "The Wild Ones- Sydney Stadium-1908-1970" & the Aussie website has been updated to reflect this;
Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!!  You need to
Most who saw our man in the 60's would agree that the new name is very appropriate for P.J.
Unfortunately items sought from fans weren't forthcoming & I understand their reasoning, but let's face it, you can hide it all in a shoe box or whatever but given the way things are financially in the world today the best chance of seeing P.J. back in Australia is to remind people what a hit he was out here. I've never seen anyone onstage who endeared themselves to Aussie audiences the way P.J. has done every time.
P.J. may not be one of the major exhibition attractions as I'd hoped but at least he will be prominent with my P.J. Proby 1966 Australian Tour poster prominently displayed.
Myself & Jacquie have been invited to the official opening of the exhibition which will no doubt be attended by Aussie stars & promoters from past & present & you can be assured that  they won't be leaving without knowing that P.J. is still performing & would be happy to tour Australia again.
Cheers,
Probyfan

Thanks for that link Probyfan. As for getting P.J. Proby back to Australia...on FaceBook there is a site run by Leanne Thomas called  "P.J.Proby for Australia 2013" It was previously called "P.J.Proby for Australia 2012" but that is not going to happen now.The Oz fans desperately want to see P.J. again...last time was in 2004. I've left a couple of statements on FB asking the fans to contact Australian promotors & theatre owners & give P.J.'s name a plug & see how they react.If you don't try you'll never know."Sixties Gold" will be in Australia next year with Gerry Marsden but probably not with P.J. on board.My only suggestion is for the fans to e-mail or write to Chimes International pleading with them to send P.J. "down-under" once more.
     Ron