Excerpts of selected stories from this week's edition of The Packet in 1993:

TWO sisters from Penryn gave birth within 12 hours of each other after a friendly “race” at Treliske Hospital.

Happy gran Pat Richards was overjoyed when the two babies came in the world safe and well, both weighing exactly 6lbs 5.5ozs.

Sisters Paula Prime, 33, and Mandy Martin 32, both from Glasney Place, brought their mother’s tally of grandchildren to 11 with a boy and girl named Jason and Lisa.

The race was on when Paula finally gave birth at 10.20pm, with sister Mandy doing her bit 12 hours later at 10.20am.

FURIOUS Falmouth shop owners rounded on the South West Electricity Board after losing their power supply for almost three hours last Thursday morning.

During one of the busiest trading weeks of the year, eight shops in Church Street were cut off between 10.30am and 1.20pm, while SWEB carried out repairs on an underground cable.

“Everything was wonderful, then bang,” said ‘Toots’ Brook of the Big Wednesday Surf Shop.

“Without any warning we were left in pitch black - it was infuriating.”

PENRYN will soon have a new burial ground. At long last planning permission has been granted for land off Love Lane which has previously been for agricultural use.

LIVE music at the Pirate Inn in Falmouth could continue into the early hours of the morning if Carrick follows a recommendation from town councillors.

Landlord Dave Trevena has applied to Carrick for a various of his existing public entertainment licence which would allow him to stay open until 1am from Monday to Saturday.

Some members of the town council thought the application should be thrown out, while others believed the 1am extension should be allowed on Friday and Saturday only.

POLICE are puzzled how £10,400 of naval and boat equipment went missing from a boat moored off Custom House Quay in Falmouth, last week. The contents of Scottish vessel Heather Lea went over the latter part of the Easter weekend.