Pair of 'Wing Ding' Beatles sneakers, 1960s

Accession number MLL.2005.59.1

Casual laced shoes made from fabric decorated with printed Beatles images and signatures

An original pair of Beatles ‘Wing Ding’ merchandising sneakers. The white fabrics of the sneakers is decorated with simple drawing's of the band's heads, 'THE BEATLES' logo and facsimile signatures.

Close up of the left shoe

Detail showing the design on the sneakers

Be part of our Beatles exhibition

We'd like to include your memories and stories in the new Museum of Liverpool's 'Growing up with The Beatles' exhibition and on this website. Are you a Beatles fan? Do these Beatles sneakers trigger any memories or anecdotes? If so then we would love to hear from you.

E-mail the Museum of Liverpool and tell us what comes to mind while looking at our Beatles collection. Please include your name, age, where you are from and your contact details if you'd like to get involved.

'Growing up with The Beatles' is one of the displays being planned for the new Museum of Liverpool, which opens in 2011.

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