This Is My Elgin: Hometown Songs & Stories
Latest Episodes
Elgin Summer/Winter: A Love/Hate Relationship
When it comes to Elgin weather, there's no pleasing somepeople, and curmudgeonly Sharry could be their Queen! Join her, andlegions of crickets outside her window, as she reminisces about summerdays of
Mom's North Street World
Join Sharry & her mother's memories of growing up on North Street, in the days of streetcars, the "Rag Man", and shingles from the St. Johns steeple raining down on the back yard. Featuring the song "
A Walk Through Downtown
Join us for a walk through downtown Elgin during the time of Covid as Sharry is flooded with memories and (Gasp!) even admits that the old Elgin High building is kinda cool.
West Side/East Side
Join Lifelong Elgin Westsider Sharry on her adventure to becoming an Eastsider. She first has to seek acknowledgement of her existence from all powerful ComEd and deal with horrors at the State street
Teenaged Elgin Boredom
They looked and behaved like no generation before or after. They were young. They smelled of Brylcreme, Stridex, Clearasil, and Ben Hur perfume. They drove in endless, pointless circles through downto
Bluff City Cemetery
Ya can't beat fun at the old cemetery!! Well, at least, little Sharry couldn't. Bluff City and Sharry go back a long way, and it continues to lead her to new life journeys, on the next installment of
South End Blues
It was the Great Depression, and sometimes the Blazier Boys went to bed hungry. But they never lacked for fun and escapist entertainment with their neighborhood pals on the south end of Elgin. Tal
Dad's Treasure Hunt
In this inaugural Father's Day episode you'll learn how Dad, the Fox River, and the Elgin Police department came together to create a beautiful memory.