John Henry Spree (1869-1932) came to live in Nottingham c.1915. He had previously lived in Hastings in Sussex where he had published a limited number of picture postcards using his own photographs of the area.
An article about John Henry Spree is included in Lenton Times No.32. For more information about the article click here.
We are slowly assembling a catalogue of the postcards produced by John Henry Spree while he lived in Nottingham. Many of the images used on this page are taken, with permission, from the Picture the Past website. This website showcases various photographic collections including that of the Local Studies Library at Nottingham Central Library. If you would like to acquire your own copy of one of Picture the Past's images then you should click on their name.
We are keen to establish when Spree might have taken a particular photograph. So the earliest date for a used postcard are noted along with anything else that might help pinpoint when the postcard was produced.
If you have any Spree postcards not shown here we would be delighted to receive electronic copies of them. If you can help us out with the number, have a postcard that is already on the site but is in better condition than the one we are using, or you have an earlier postmark for your postcard please get in touch. To contact us - click here.
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Postcard |
Location |
Date Published |
Publisher |
Source |
 Theatre Square, Nottm. 114 |
Looking down on Theatre Square from the Westminster Building with the Theatre Royal on the left. |
1921/22 |
'Spree' |
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 118. Victoria Station. Nottm. |
Looking up Mansfield Road from Milton Street. |
Some time before August 1922 |
J.Spree |
Photograph courtesy of Gordon Johnson |
 Theatre Square, Nottm. 174 |
Parliament Street focusing on the new Elite Cinema building which opened in 1921. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
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 Theatre Square, Nottm. |
Parliament Street with Theatre Royal on the left and crowds waiting to go into the new Elite Cinema. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Ian Faith |
 Nottingham |
Elite Picture Theatre, Parliament Street, Nottingham |
Some time in the 1920s |
'J.Spree' |
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 Parliament St. Nottm. |
Parliament Street, Nottingham |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Eric Childs |
 200, Friar Yard, Friar Lane. Nottm |
Buildings on Friar Lane, near junction with Beastmarket Hill, Nottingham |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 Friar Yard, Friar Lane. Nottm. 1. |
Buildings on Friar Lane, near junction with Beastmarket Hill, Nottingham |
Some time in the 1920s |
'J. Spree' |
Courtesy of Andrew Newman |
 Friar Yard, Friar Lane. Nottm. 2. |
Buildings on Friar Lane, near junction with Beastmarket Hill, Nottingham |
Some time in the 1920s |
'J. Spree' |
Courtesy of Andrew Newman |
 Dorothy Vernon's Garden, Friar Yard, Friar Lane. Nottm |
Rear of the buildings on Friar Lane, near junction with Beastmarket Hill, Nottingham |
Before 1927 |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of Peter Thompson |
 Dorothy Vernon's Garden, Friar Yard, Friar Lane. Nottm |
Rear of the buildings on Friar Lane, near junction with Beastmarket Hill, Nottingham |
Before 1927 |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of Peter Thompson |
 Bluecoat School, Nottm. 250 |
Bluecoat School, Mansfield Road, Nottingham. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
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 Market Place, Nottm. 275 |
Market Place, Nottingham. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
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 259 University College, Nottm. |
Trent University, Nottingham. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of Eric Campbell |
 258 School of Art, Nottm. |
Waverley Building, Nottingham Trent University. Corner of Waverley Street and Peel Street. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of Gary Lucas |
 584. Mansfield Road. Nottm. |
Mansfield Road with the junction of Huntingdon Street just off to the right. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of Paul Stanley |
 Blind Institute, Nottm. 956 |
Royal Midland Institution for the Blind, Chaucer Street, Nottingham. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
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 973 The Canal. Nottm. |
Nottingham Canal, with Trent Navigation building dominating the background. |
First half of the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Courtesy of Des Nesmith |
 In Castle Rock, Nottm 974 |
Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Castle Road, Nottingham. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
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 Elm Avenue. Nottm. |
Elm Avenue, off Mansfield Road, Nottingham. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photograph courtesy of Alan Spree |
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