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As a longstanding member of the Longmeadow Police Department, John Barkman was a familiar and beloved figure around town. When he passed away during the early eighties, he was still an active officer and possessed badge number one.
Longmeadow is a suburb of Springfield, Mass., the longtime headquarters of the Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Co. That famous American company went bankrupt in 1953.
Rights to the name went to England's Brockhouse Engineering which, starting in 1955, began marketing Royal Enfield motorcycles in the U.S. rebadged as Indians.
Nearly the whole Royal Enfield line was available as Indians until the arrangement ended in 1960
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