This flag was commissioned by Art in Romney Marsh 2019, an exhibition in several medieval churches on the Marshes. I was looking at these churches’ historical importance for smuggling activities. The reclaimed land of the Romney Marshes was a hotspot for smuggling with France. Goods like tobacco, silk, fine lace, leather gloves and brandy would get smuggled into England while mainly wool but also graphite and tin would have been smuggled out. Smugglers used to hide their goods in the churches and churchyards.