Lectoure in the Gers
Twice recently we have discussed a troisieme âge / pensioners club outing that we went on about 12 years ago. We went to Lectoure in the Gers, to a factory or distillery that made the colour blue pastel. It was made from a yellow flower and the colour was made by mixing with mens pee/ womens was no good. The men were paid to go and drink beer and then hand in their pee. The factory still worked on the old principles sans the wee , using a chemical instead. The factory had lovely clothes and I bought a blue beret and Malc bought a shirt.
At that time we were too young for the troisieme age but we wanted to mix with the villagers. We had
many happy trips, till the long lunches just got too much for us. Just found this advert for the tannery.
The yellow flower was woad
http://www.bleu-de-lectoure.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=
