![August 2010 -- James Reaney's birthplace and childhood home near Stratford, Ontario.](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSCN2765-300x225.jpg)
August 15, 2015 — a sad day — we learned that the old farmhouse where James Reaney was born has been torn down. Our thanks to Laura Cudworth of The Stratford Beacon Herald for covering the story: http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2015/08/22/the-childhood-home-of-renowned-south-easthope-author-james-reaney-has-been-torn-down
Fondly remembered by the Reaney, Cooke, and Chamberlin Franken families, here are photos of the farm as it was. If you remember the farm and have a photo to share, please get in touch.
![Summer 1937 -- teh reaney farmhouse and the old barnyard (Photo by Elizabeth Crearar Reaney)](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1937farm-300x156.jpg)
![Summer 1937 -- James Reaney's cousin Kathy Smith by the front garden (ECR)](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/KSfarm1937-300x167.jpg)
![ge 4) with his cousins, Elsie, Kathleen, and Mary, Summer 1930 near Stratford, Ontario.](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/JRcousins-300x174.jpg)
![James Reaney in the garden at the farm, July 1985 (Photo by Wilma McCaig).](https://jamesreaney.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/JRgarden01-300x206.jpg)