As New Year celebrations got underway in 1990, 11 bouncing babies were born at Taunton’s Musgrove Park Hospital.
And the bonny arrivals made it a busy start to the year on the maternity ward, where staff saw 11 Christmas Day births the previous week.
Seven girls and four boys were delivered on January 1, 1990, and among them were two Taunton babies.
Susan Hanks, of Crossways, gave birth to a 6lb 3½oz daughter, the first girl of the year, at 3.26am, and at 3.37pm Prudence, weighing in at 7lb 5oz, was born to Mary Blyth, of Clover Mead.
Elizabeth Cross, of Wellington, welcomed a 7lb 6oz boy, Edward, at 11.45am.
The first boy of 1990, weighing 6lb 14½oz, was Joshua, born at 3.06am to Amanda Smith, of Timberscombe, Minehead.
At 3.49am, maternity unit staff delivered an 8lb 4oz girl to Della Short, of Ashill, and at 6.18am Lorraine Barrett gave birth to an 8lb 0½oz boy.
A 5lb 10oz girl was born to Maria Chedgey, of Bridgwater, at 8.56am.
Jaqueline Bandyszewski, of Luppitt, gave birth to a 6lb 7oz daughter at 3.18pm, and just two minutes later, a 4lb 6oz boy was born to Deborah Marchent, of Othery.
Sally Perham, of Chard, gave birth to a 6lb 5½oz daughter, Kathryn, at 4.40pm.
The last of the New Year’s Day arrivals at Musgrove Park Hospital was a 7lb girl, born at 9.59pm to Kathryn Turner, of Bridgwater.
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