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Phoebe Evangeline Howitt and George Bedford c.1976

Phoebe and George had two daughters, Norah and Eva Bedford. Norah Bedford (1923-2008), Norah was the elder daughter of George and Phoebe Bedford. She was in the 'land army' during the Second World War based at Wooton Bassett in Wiltshire. She lodged with the Westmacott family and was to keep in contact with them up to the present day. She worked for the Hill family in Mapperley Village at their farm where she especially enjoyed milking the cows. She later worked for an Ilkeston Dairy negotiating the streets of Ilkeston, selling milk from a horse and cart. She also worked for a time at Booth's stocking factory in Ilkeston, and Robinson's fresh poultry, game and fish shop dressing the products. After Bill Hoopers death she helped his widow May with milking their goats for many years. She married in 1950 a Ukrainian refugee, Stefan Czypak, and they continued living in the village. After Ossie Howitt died in 1969, Norah took over the running of the shop. She and Stefan her husband used to boil the hams and also bought in the cheeses that were sold at the shop. The premises reverted back to a house when the shop finally closed in 1978. She won many competition prizes locally with her cake making skills. Norah too was also an ardent Socialist and on voting day would dress all in red, and woe betide any unsuspecting supporter of the 'other side,' who called at the shop. They left after a bit of ear-bending. Norah attended the Wesleyan Chapel for much of her life, although later attended the new Mapperley Church where she was confirmed, and received Holy Communion regularly right up to her death in 2008. She had been trained in singing and had a fine voice, and was much in demand at local church festivals and fetes. She later sang in local churches with the choirs. She helped to raise money as a member of the group 'The Ferentones' entertaining older folk in community homes, much of the money raised going to the 'Leonard Cheshire Homes.' She was also a founder member of the now defunct Mapperley Womens Institute.

Stefan Czypak (1920-2010),  was born in 1920, in Kaminka Buska in the Lviv region of the Ukraine to Constantine Czypak, a builder, and his Polish wife Paulina. Stefans father died young, which then left his mother with seven young children. Times were very hard, with nothing like Social Security in those days. He grew up to become a shoemaker and with two other brothers, set up a business in the town. Then came the Second World War and everything again was in turmoil. Stefan joined a Ukrainian partisan group where he helped many of his countrymen to escape persecution. He later joined the Polish Army. After the war, in 1947, he travelled through Europe until eventually he arrived in Cambridge with £5 in his pocket and the clothes he stood up in. He was sent to an English Language School at Market Harborough where he learnt to speak English. He then moved to Worksop to work in the pits, and later moved to the Ilkeston area and to Mapperley Pit. When he first came to Ilkeston there were some Ukrainian refugees living in Mapperley Village and it was on his visits to see them, that he met Norah Bedford his future wife. In the bad winter of 1962-63 he remembered walking to work with his friend Ernie Hobson up Park Hall Lane on the tops of the hedgerows because the snow was so deep. After work he used his trade as a shoemaker by repairing the shoes of fellow miners, and he was also to be one of the first car owners in the village.  He finished with the mines after an injury at Ormonde Colliery at Loscoe. He was re-trained in engineering and worked at Derby until his retirement, after which he did some part time gardening and odd jobs for Ted Pilkington, a local businessman at his home near Smalley Crossroads. He used to enjoy shooting for rabbits and game mainly at the bottom of Cow Flat, whilst helping the farmers, especially Mr Lewis to clear the fields of vermin and wildlife before they harvested their crops, Stefan may also be remembered by folk in the village because when he was out walking his dog, he would always be whistling the same tune ‘Amazing Grace,’ for most of the year until Christmas time when he would swap it for the carol ‘Deck the halls with boughs of holly.’ Both Norah and Stefan have sadly only recently passed away.

Pauline Czypak (1950 )Pauline is the daughter of Stefan and Norah Czypak and still lives in the village. She is now retired after many years teaching at the Howitt Primary School in Heanor.

Pauline Czypak c.1956	Pauline Czypak and Ann Diakoneu (Lorna Birkins daughter)

The house where Pauline lives was built on the large back gardens of their former homes at No.34 and 35, the entrance to which is now up the lane by the Church and is a private road now known as ‘The Out Track’ and the house was called ‘Hopesay’ after the area in Shropshire where George Bedford had originated.

Eva Bedford (1926-1986).Was the second daughter of George and Phoebe Bedford. She married Wilfred Bernard Denyer (1925-1978) in 1949. Wilfred also known as ‘Danny,’ was a ‘Bevin Boy’ who had been conscripted to work in the pits instead of going away to fight in the Second World War. It was while he was working at the local colliery that he met Eva in the village. Eva and Wilfred moved to Arundel in Sussex after their marriage, where she was to become housekeeper to the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle for many years. Danny became a proof reader for the newspaper the ‘Chichester Observer’

They had 1 son Paul Denyer who is married to Adrienne and they have two children.

Eva Bedford and Wilfred (Danny) Denyer c.1947

Although the Howitt name has gone from Mapperley now, the family connections still remain strong with links to other village families because four of William and Hannah Howitts  daughters married local lads.

Betsey Howitt married William Martin in 1898
Lydia Howitt married Joseph Daniels in 1901
Dinah Howitt married James Marson in 1908
Lucy Howitt married George Hawley in 1911

The youngest son of William and Hannah, Thomas Richard Howitt (1892-1958) married in 1922, Gladys May Toplis of Stanley Common. After the marriage they continued to live at Stanley and they had four children.

Information and photo's by Brian Howitt/Pauline Czypak Aug 2011

Brian Howitt and Pauline Czypak

Bygone Mapperley - Rosella's Time

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