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 |
 Woodborough. Nottm |
A view looking north from Governors' Field, which is at the junction of Main Street and Lingwood Lane. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 Woodborough. 3 |
Main Street looking east. St Swithun's Church is on the corner of Lingwood Lane, which leads to Lambley Village. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 Woodborough |
Bank Hill looking west to the where the road bends to the left and heads towards Woodborough Hall and Town End. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 Woodborough |
St Swithun's Church viewed from junction of Main Street and Lingwood Lane.br /> |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 The School, Woodborough |
Old school building, Lingwood Lane. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
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 6. Wesleyan Church Woodborough. Notts |
Old Wesleyan Church at the corner of Main Street and Roe Lane. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
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 Woodborough |
Interior of St Swithun's Church. |
Some time in the 1920s |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
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 344. The Hall. Woodboro. |
Woodborough Hall at the junction of Bank Hill and Main Street. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 345. The Hall. Woodboro. |
Woodborough Hall at the junction of Bank Hill and Main Street. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 638. The Bank Woodborough 13 |
The view of Bank Hill properties looking northeast from a field opposite. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 639. Town End Woodborough |
The junction with Foxwood Lane and Bank Hill was known as Town End. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 Main Street Woodborough. 640 |
The western end of Main Street looking east. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 Lambley Road Woodborough. 643 |
Lingwood Lane looking northwards to the junction with Main Street. |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 8(?). Main Street Woodborough. 648 |
The western end of Main Street |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 Primitive Methodist Chapel 816. Woodboro. 26.08.26 |
Site of Primitive Methodist Church, Main Street Woodborough |
August 1926 |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 817. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Woodboro. 26.08.26 |
Interior of Primitive Methodist Church, Main Street Woodborough |
August 1926 |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
 818. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Woodboro. 28.08.26 |
Site of Primitive Methodist Church, Main Street Woodborough |
August 1926 |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
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 819. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Woodboro. 28.08.26 |
Site of Primitive Methodist Church, Main Street Woodborough |
August 1926 |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |
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 Woodborough |
Multi view card of Woodborough |
Some time in the 1920s |
'Spree' |
Photo courtesy of Alan Spree |