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 |
 248 Danethorpe Vale. Sherwood |
Danethorpe Vale near The Close. |
Some time in mid to late 1920s |
'J.Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
 270. Montfort Crescent Sherwood. Nottm |
View from Lexington Gardens looking towards Montfort Crescent. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
 276 New Estate Sherwood Nottm |
The junction of Edwards Lane with Edwinstowe Drive, Valley Road and Kneeton Vale. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 279 New Estate, Mansfield Road, Sherwood, Nottm |
The section of Mansfield Road with the junction of Hawksworth Avenue just off to the left. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 280 Hawkesworth Avenue. Sherwood. Nottm |
Hawkesworth Avenue viewed from Mansfield Road. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 283 Staunton Drive Sherwood, Nottm |
Junction of Danethorpe Vale, looking up Staunton Drive. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
 290 Collin Green, Sherwood, Nottm |
A portion of Collin Green with Joyce Avenue off to the right. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 303. Bagthorpe. Nottm |
Looking across to the Nottingham Workhouse. Now the Nottingham City Hospital |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
 304 Valley Road, Sherwood, Nottm |
The portion of Valley Road from Upton Drive looking towards the junction with Mansfield Road. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 325 Danethorpe Vale. Sherwood. Nottm |
Danethorpe Vale with junction of Valley Road in the distance. |
Some time in the mid to late 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
 Prison Bagthorpe 5 |
Nottingham Prison at the junction of Perry Road and Hucknall Road. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
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 11. Kneeton Vale. Sherwood |
Junction of Kneeton Vale and Edingley Avenue. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photo courtesy of Jeff Cotton |
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 15. Weardale Rd. |
Looking westward along Weardale Road, Sherwood. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photo courtesy of Marjory Blewitt |
