Springfield Club

The Boys were teenage and child-Holocaust survivors, who were brought to the UK after the war for rest and rehabilitation.

The Boys had survived the Holocaust as slave labourers in the Nazi concentration camp system, in hiding and by living alone. 

After arrival in the UK, members of the Boys spent time in the reception centres before being moved to children’s homes known as hostels. Others were sent direct to boarding school or yeshivas, and those who were sick spent time in sanatoriums.

Some of the members of the Boys were lucky enough to find relatives or were taken in by foster families but the majority were moved to hostels.

^{Photograph of Boys at the Springfield Club.}

While in hostels in Manchester, the Boys attended the Springfield Social Club.

The club offered Hebrew and English classes as well as welfare advice. There were regular lectures on British politics, the legal system and sex education.

There were dances at Purim and weekly film shows.

The Springfield Club won the Manchester Jewish Soccer League in 1949.