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Frestonia (London, England)

images located by Esteban Rivera, 10 April 2023

Description of the flag

Description of the flag

Frestonia was a squatters community in London in the 1970s (http://www.frestonia.org/). The Republic of Frestonia - has an archive of galleries showing photographs and stills depicting the country, including shots of the flag, and the images are
quite close.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 20 May 2023

Image above made with the drawing by Germenfer at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Frestonia.svg (available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication) but adapted to 1:2 ration as shown on the photographs.
Olivier Touzeau, 26 May 2023

Frestonia was the name adopted by the residents of Freston Road, London, when they attempted to secede from the United Kingdom in 1977 to form the "Free Independent Republic of Frestonia". The residents were squatters, many of whom eventually set up a housing co-op in negotiation with Notting Hill Housing Trust, and included artists, musicians, writers, actors and activists. Actor David Rappaport was the Foreign Minister, while playwright Heathcote Williams served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Inspired by a previous visit to Christiania, Copenhagen, Nicholas Albery put forward the notion of seceding from the United Kingdom, establishing the Free & Independent Republic of Frestonia. Albery chaired a meeting attended by 200 locals. A referendum was held on Sunday, October 30th with unanimous support for secession. Citing a legal loophole, the residents took the collective surname of Bramley, in an effort to support their request to be rehoused as a single family.". They had a flag which has a flower design. They also had a CoA. Sources: http://www.frestonia.org, https://rbkclocalstudies.wordpress.com/2015/04/23/frestonia-the-past-is-another-country and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frestonia

Esteban Rivera, 11 April 2023