Loftus Road Ground Improvements in 1947 – ‘No Outside Labour was Available for this Work, which was carried out by our own Players’ 

The pic shown below comes from a 1947 weekly newspaper, headlined: ‘Footballers Make Ground Improvements’, and the caption reads: 

‘Players of the Queen’s Park Rangers football club assisting in the installation of 500 tip-up seats purchased from an East End cinema. 

This is part of the London club’s plans for providing better accommodation and comfort for their spectators.’ 

And the 1946/47 Handbook reported that: 

‘You may ask, “What happens to our...