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.
Nottingham - Trent Bridge and Victoria Embankment
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Postcard |
Location |
Date Published |
Publisher |
Source |
 Trent Embankment, Nottm. 65_ ? |
A portion of Trent embankment possibly photographed from the railway bridge that used to cross the Trent at this point. |
Date unknown. |
Spree |
|
 Paddling Pool. Trent Side. Nottm. |
Paddling pool situated at the corner of Wilford Grove and the Embankment |
Date unknown. |
No publisher given |
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 Suspension Bridge, Nottm. 983 |
The Suspension bridge as viewed from the Victoria Embankment. |
Date unknown. |
Spree |
|
 985 The Trent. Nottm. |
The view of the Victoria Embankment as seen from the suspension bridge. |
Sometime in the 1920s |
Spree |
Courtesy of Alan Spree |
 The Trent, Nottm. 155 |
The view of the Victoria Embankment as seen from the suspension bridge. |
Date taken appears to be 14 July 1921. |
Spree |
|
 Memorial, Trent Embankment, Nottm |
Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. Erected on the Victoria embankment in 1927. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
|
 2. Memorial. Trent Embankment. Nottm. |
Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. Erected on the Victoria embankment in 1927. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
Photograph courtesy of John Hibbitt |
 997. Rock Gardens. Trent Side. Nottm. |
The gardens behind Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
|
 999. Rock Gardens. Trent Side. Nottm. |
The gardens behind Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
Photograph courtesy of Eric Bayer |
 1001. Rock Gardens. Trent Side. Nottm. |
The gardens behind Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
Photograph courtesy of Margot Lantree |
 2. Rock Gardens. Trent Side. Nottm. |
The gardens behind Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
Photograph courtesy of Eric Bayer |
 3. Rock Gardens. Trent Side. Nottm. |
The gardens behind Nottingham's memorial to those who died in World War I. |
Some time after 1927. |
Not shown on front of postcard. |
|
 The Embankment. Nottm. 984 |
Pedestrian pathway along the Trent Embankment |
Some time in the 1920s. |
Spree |
Photograph courtesy of Eric Bayer |
 The Trent, Nottm. 652 |
Part of the Victoria Embankment with Trent Bridge in the far distance. |
Date unknown. |
Spree |
|
 674 Trent Bridge. Nottm |
Looking across Trent Bridge from the northern bank of the river. |
Some time before 1927. |
Spree |
Photograph courtesy of Alan Spree |
 674a Trent Bridge. Nottm |
Looking across Trent Bridge from the northern bank of the river. |
Date unknown. |
Spree |
|
 From Trent Bridge, Nottm. 986 |
Looking down on the section of the riverside walk east of Trent Bridge. |
Date unknown. |
Spree |
|
 Trent Bridge, Nottm. 154 |
A view looking back at Trent Bridge from the riverside on the east of the bridge. |
Probably taken July 1921. |
Spree |
|
 981 Trent Bridge. Nottm |
A view looking back at Trent Bridge taken from the south bank of the river. |
Sometime in the 1920s |
Spree |
Photograph courtesy of Ted Sheeran |
 Trent Bridge. Nottm |
Same image as above but Jack Spree has taken off the picture number and cropped the left-hand side very slightly |
Sometime in the 1920s |
Spree |
Photograph courtesy of Dale Musson |