Historically, Talcottville seemed to have had its share of organized groups. There were baseball teams, volunteer fire teams, singing groups, and from the early days, a Fife and Drum Corps.

It rehearsed in the church, in the store, and participated in parades and ceremonies all over the state. We are collecting pictures and stories of these groups, and here are a couple of great ones:

This picture was taken up against the old church which burned down in 1906, so although this picture is not dated, it was taken probably around 1900.

In the 1940s Talcottville hosted a unique all female Drum & Bugle Corps, "The Silhouettes".

After the war, they started taking men, too. Below is a 1946 picture. We would like to identify all the women, so let us know if you can help. Marge Lotas is the third from the left in the second row, Billy Smith in the middle in the dark uniform, and Bruce Beal on the right in the second row.

State Champions, no less!

Each year on the 4th of July Talcottville always had a parade down Main Street, often with antique cars driven by the Talcotts and the Drum corps and lots of flags. It ended in Mount Hope Cemetery laying flags and wreaths at the big Civil War monument.
The parade is a tradition we would like to bring back.

In the '50s there were a lot of kids in the village, and here they were joining in the parade, supervised by Mr. Simoncelli on the left.

You can see this was taken from the store, the big barrel used to sit out front there. Across the street, to the left would have been the Office. Thanks to Terry Smith Coulombe for this parade picture and the "Doll Parade" below.

This was a parade in Talcottville especially for the girls and their doll carriages.
I have already heard from people who remember looking forward to this event! There was a prize for the best entry.

"The Doll Parade"

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