Editing Filbert Street (section)

=== Second World War and after ===
The middle section of the Main Stand suffered bomb damage in 1940, and was later further damaged by a serious fire. By 1949, the stand had been rebuilt, with much of the labour being supplied by German POWs at a nearby camp. The ground's maximum capacity was now around 42,000. Floodlights were installed and first used for a match against the German champions [[Borussia Dortmund]] on 23 October 1957.<ref name="Inglis208">{{harvnb|Inglis|1996|p=208}}</ref>

After just surviving a council vote to terminate their lease in the late 1940s, City purchased the freehold of the ground in 1962, for the sum of £30,500. In 1971, the first moves towards an all-seater stadium were taken, as the North and East sides were converted to seating. Four years later, 20 basic [[luxury box|executive boxes]] were added to the North Stand. A pioneering polythene cover was introduced to protect the pitch in 1971. The Air Dome covered an area of 90,000 square feet, weighed 24 cwt and took 15 men two hours to lay out and inflate using four electric fans.<ref name="Butler">{{cite book|last=Butler|first=Bryon|title=100 Seasons of League Football|date=1998|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=England|isbn=1-85291-595-1|pages=392}}</ref> The Air Dome was removed in 1982.<ref name="Butler" />