Horsham town centre power cut

Traders across the Carfax, East, Middle and West Street were left without lighting, phone lines and the internet, and were forced to close their shops, banks and salons as a result.

Engineers from UK Power Networks were on the scene shortly after the cut around 3.30pm to fix the faulty transformer at a nearby electrical sub-station in The Causeway.

Janet Smythe, assistant manager at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, in West Street, said: “We had to close around 3.45pm after the lights went out and shoppers couldn’t see where they were going.”

Power was restored and shops re-opened just after 4.30pm.

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