The Summer Field

11 Chimneys and Fields The front cover of The Listener, the BBC weekly magazine, for May 1, 1952. Cricket – in a rural setting – was a byword for the start of summer; or at least end of winter. The front cover of The Young Cricketer, a hardback for boys ‘approved by the MCC’, 1950. Village green, church tower, boys in blazers and caps - so many symbols! Few boys ever enjoyed such a setting.