I went to measure some roller blinds in a lovely timber framed Tudor house about ten miles outside Bury St Edmunds.
There was a round filled in hole in the floor of the hall and I asked the lady if it was a well. She said that it was a mill stone set into the floor but that there was a well in the bathroom which she would show me.
The well had a glass cover and had lights beneath it which allowed me to see the depth of the water table. I was amazed to see that the water level was only about four feet beneath the bathroom floor. The bathroom appeared to be perilously close to flooding.
The lady said that this was normal considering how much rain and snow there had been and assured me that there was nothing to worry about!
So now we can buy vertical blinds, roller blinds, venetian blinds and pleated blinds, and get them locally, in Watton, Swaffham, Diss, Bury St Edmunds, Thetford, Brandon, Stomarket, Haverhill and surrounding areas