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A blue circular plaque featuring a white torch emblem and white text detailing the history of the Yasume Club in Cambridge.

The Yasume Club blue plaque, 2021

City Surveyor’s Club / Yasume Club for Far Eastern Prisoners of War / Beth Shalom Synagogue

History of Yasume Club

City Surveyor’s Club


Yasume Club for Far East Prisoners of War.

‘Yasume’ means ‘rest’ in Japanese. The club was founded in 1962 after moving from the Joint Services Club in Coldham’s Lane. In 1984 it had 200 members.

It closed in 2008.


Beth Shalom Synagogue

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