SKELETON CREW Literature 1985. Written by Stephen King. | |||||
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1 | Acorn Street Grammar School | Education | Primary Schools | ||
Acorn Street Grammar School Charles' grammar school. | |||||
2 | Apple Zapple Wine | Beverage Products | Wine | ||
Apple Zapple Wine Wine that Stewie McClelland and Russell Bowie were drinking when they took Stewie's Bombardier Skiddoo out on the Reach when it froze for the first time since 1938. The skidoo went into the Reach. Stewie managed to crawl out, losing one foot to frostbite. The Reach took Russell away. | |||||
3 | Arvin Publishing, Inc. | Media Companies | Publishing Companies | ||
Arvin Publishing, Inc. The editor's Fornit, Bellis, advises him to open a new bank account under the name Arvin Publishing, Inc., and use the account to pay author Reg Thorpe $800 for his short story. | |||||
4 | The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet | Literature | Short Stories | ||
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet Short story by Reg Thorpe. | |||||
5 | Bean's | Nightlife | Nightclubs | ||
Bean's Bar in Freeport that Stella's dead husband Bill mentions to her. | |||||
6 | Bell's Market | Food Stores | Grocery Stores | ||
Bell's Market Grocery store in Castle Rock where Homer tells David the story of Mrs. Todd's shortcuts. | |||||
7 | Birches Cemetery | Services | Cemeteries | ||
Birches Cemetery Cemetery on Maple Sugar Road in Castle Rock that was vandalized - desecrated - the day after George's mother yelled at Gramma. | |||||
8 | Bob's Gas & Service | Vehicles | Automotive Services | ||
Bob's Gas & Service Automotive service and inspection station owned by Rocky's old friend and fellow basketball player from high school, Bobby Stiff Socks Driscoll. | |||||
9 | The Bridgton Antiquary | Home Furnishing | Antique Stores | ||
The Bridgton Antiquary Mrs. Carmody's junk shop that David's wife Steff liked to rummage around in. | |||||
10 | Bridgton Pharmacy | Retail | Drugstores | ||
Bridgton Pharmacy Drug store in Bridgton, Maine. | |||||
11 | Brunswick High | Education | High Schools | ||
Brunswick High High school where Gert Symes would go on to be voted Maine's Teacher of the Year. | |||||
12 | Callas | Vehicles | Watercrafts | ||
Callas Paradise Lines cruise ship carrying Richard Pine that sinks. | |||||
13 | Camp Woodlands | Youth Services | Youth Camps | ||
Camp Woodlands Two sixteen year old girls in the grocery store have Camp Woodlands written on the back of the white rayon shirts. | |||||
14 | Castle Ridge School | Education | Primary Schools | ||
Castle Ridge School The very last of the one-room schools in Castle Rock, that became Steve's Pizzaville when it finally closed. | |||||
15 | The Castle Rock Youth League | Amusement | Bowling Alleys | ||
The Castle Rock Youth League Huge renovated farm in Castle Rock with 12 lanes of candlepin bowling, a few ancient pinball machines, a juke featuring the greatest hits of 1957, three Brunswick pool tables, and a Coke-and-chips counter where you also rent bowling shoes that look like they might have just come off the feet of dead winos. | |||||
16 | Cougars | Sports | School Mascots | ||
Cougars Castle Rock mascot - George's school, on his textbook covers. | |||||
17 | Cramer's Dairy | Food Industries | Farms | ||
Cramer's Dairy Milkman Spike Milligan delivers milk and other items to the residents of Culver Street and Balfour Avenue for Cramer's Dairy. | |||||
18 | Crescent High | Education | High Schools | ||
Crescent High High school in Crescent where Rocky and Bobbie played basketball together. | |||||
19 | Cresswell | Vehicles | Motor Vehicles | ||
Cresswell Model of McCutcheon's truck, a breed which no longer exists. | |||||
20 | Cushman Bakery | Food Stores | Bakeries | ||
Cushman Bakery Bakery truck Uncle Otto and McCutcheon hitch a ride into Castle Rock after McCutcheon's Cresswell truck breaks down. | |||||
21 | The Dancer | Vehicles | Watercrafts | ||
The Dancer Ship that had gone down, carrying Carl Abersham and Hattie Stoddard's husband. | |||||
22 | DeIver Mirror | Home Furnishing | Furniture | ||
DeIver Mirror Priceless mirrors made by English craftsman John DrIver in the Elizabethan period of England's history that have become collector's items due to the form of crystal that was used that has a mildly magnifying and distorting effect on the eye of the beholder. Only five remain in existence. | |||||
23 | Derry Hospital | Healthcare | Hospitals | ||
Derry Hospital Hospital that Mrs. Todd mentions to Homer when telling him about her shortcuts. | |||||
24 | Dorrit's Tavern | Nightlife | Taverns | ||
Dorrit's Tavern Bar in Raccoon Head, on the mainland. When the Reach froze in 1938, Bull Symes and Hattie's own man strapped on snowshoes and walked across to the mainland, visiting Dorrit's Tavern for a shot of whiskey. It burned down in 1958. | |||||
25 | Dr. Arlinder | Healthcare | Doctors | ||
Dr. Arlinder Gramma's doctor. | |||||
26 | Eau De Crankcase | Personal Care | Cosmetics | ||
Eau De Crankcase Joke narrator makes to the trucker: What's that aftershave, handsome? Eau de Crankcase? | |||||
27 | Federal Foods Inc. | Corporations | Companies | ||
Federal Foods Inc. Company that owns the Federal Foods grocery store chain. | |||||
28 | Federal Foods Supermarket | Food Stores | Grocery Stores | ||
Federal Foods Supermarket Grocery store in Bridgton, Maine. | |||||
29 | FedShip ASN/29 | Vehicles | Spacecrafts | ||
FedShip ASN/29 Shapiro, Rand and Grimes' ship that fell out of the sky and crashed on beachworld. | |||||
30 | The Fishbowl Bar | Nightlife | Bars | ||
The Fishbowl Bar Bar in Richard Pine's old neighborhood, over which Ronnie Hanelli, also known as Ronniewop, set up shop after breezing through the bar exam the first time he took it. | |||||
31 | Four Corners Tavern | Nightlife | Taverns | ||
Four Corners Tavern Bar where Rocky stops to have a few beers on his way to kill milkman Spike Milligan. | |||||
32 | Four Fathers | Nightlife | Nightclubs | ||
Four Fathers Bar that the Editor went to on Forty-ninth, picking that particular bar because there was no juke and no color TV and not many lights. | |||||
33 | Giosti's Mobil | Retail | Gas Stations | ||
Giosti's Mobil Gas station in Casco village, operated by David's friend Bill Giosti that first told him the Black Spring story. | |||||
34 | Go-devil | Vehicles | Motor Vehicles | ||
Go-devil Homer's nickname for Mrs. Todd's car, a champagne colored Mercedes Go-devil. | |||||
35 | Goat Island Store | Retail | Stores | ||
Goat Island Store General store on Goat Island where Larry McKeen worked. | |||||
36 | Golden Girl Shampoo | Personal Care | Hair Products | ||
Golden Girl Shampoo David illustrated several ads for Golden Girl Shampoo - the one where the girl is standing stride her bike, the one where she's playing frisbee on the beach, the one where she's standing on the balcony of her apartment with a drink in her hand. | |||||
37 | Green Acres Lawn Food | Home Furnishing | Landscaping Tools | ||
Green Acres Lawn Food Fertilizer product that David mentions when Highland Lake resident Dan Miller proposes covering up the plate glass windows. | |||||
38 | Hagstrom's Wholesale Deliveries | Services | Shipping and Storage | ||
Hagstrom's Wholesale Deliveries Richard's brother Roger's business. | |||||
39 | Holmes Aircraft | Industrial Companies | Vehicle Manufacturing | ||
Holmes Aircraft The helicopter plant out in Westville where Hal and Bill's mother worked as a secretary. | |||||
40 | Holy Family | Religion | Religious Organizations | ||
Holy Family Church that Richard Pine attended as a kid. | |||||
41 | Horlicks University | Education | Universities | ||
Horlicks University University that Deke, Randy, Rachel and LaVerne attend in Pittsburgh. | |||||
42 | Joe's Good Eats | Dining | Diners | ||
Joe's Good Eats Diner where narrator meets Nona, and almost kills a trucker. | |||||
43 | John's Restaurant | Dining | Restaurants | ||
John's Restaurant The old geezer that runs the secondhand shop near John's Restaurant says the mist is a pollution cloud. | |||||
44 | Littlejohn's Gun Emporium | Weapons | Gun Stores | ||
Littlejohn's Gun Emporium Gun store where Reg Thorpe buys an automatic pistol and two thousand rounds of ammunition to protect his Fornit from them. He would have bought an AK-70 if Littlejohn's had been allowed to sell them. | |||||
45 | Logan's | Periodicals | Magazines | ||
Logan's Literary magazine where editor Henry Wilson worked, which ultimately phased out fiction and didn't end up ever publishing Reg Thorpe's short story. | |||||
46 | Magic Dream Machine | Technology Products | Electronics | ||
Magic Dream Machine Also known as the Word Processor of the Gods. The word processor that Richard's nephew John's builds for him for his birthday, that allows him to control reality. | |||||
47 | Mobil Hydro-2-Ox | Corporations | Energy and Power Companies | ||
Mobil Hydro-2-Ox Following the introduction of Jaunt technology in 1988, by 1998, the price of oil was selling for six dollars a barrel and the oil companies had begun to change their names. | |||||
48 | Mosconi's Veterinary Clinic | Pets | Pet Services | ||
Mosconi's Veterinary Clinic Clinic where Victor Carune takes his fish and mice after they've been teleported. | |||||
49 | Mother Crunch | Dining | Restaurants | ||
Mother Crunch Restaurant on First Avenue that Richard Pine reminisces about, specifically the huge slice of pound cake and the scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream that give you for dessert. | |||||
50 | National Aerodyne | Industrial Companies | Manufacturing | ||
National Aerodyne Company that laid Hal off. | |||||
51 | New Adams Laundry | Maintenance Services | Laundry Services | ||
New Adams Laundry Laundry service where Rocky has worked for the last 14 years - Leo only a few months. | |||||
52 | New England Paper | Industrial Companies | Manufacturing | ||
New England Paper Company that offered up four thousand acres of land at fire-sale prices in 1933 in a last-ditch effort to stay afloat. | |||||
53 | New York World-Times | Periodicals | Newspaper Times | ||
New York World-Times Newspaper carried by a harried-looking businessman in the Blue Concourse sleep lounge. | |||||
54 | Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows | Religion | Religious Organizations | ||
Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrows Church where Richard's wife Lena plays bingo. | |||||
55 | Paradise Lines Inc. | Transportation | Maritime Transport | ||
Paradise Lines Inc. The company that owns the cruise ship Callas, carrying surgeon Richard Pine. | |||||
56 | Pauline's Superette | Food Stores | Grocery Stores | ||
Pauline's Superette Rocky sends Leo for more beer. | |||||
57 | Pilot's Grille | Dining | Restaurants | ||
Pilot's Grille Restaurant where Mrs. Todd buys Homer dinner. | |||||
58 | Pine Tree Car Wash | Vehicles | Car Washes | ||
Pine Tree Car Wash The wino brigade consisted of out-of-staters except for Lou Tattinger, who ran the Pine Tree Car Wash. | |||||
59 | The Politics of the Jaunt | Literature | Books | ||
The Politics of the Jaunt Book by C.K. Summers that contains one section called The Jaunt Under the Rose, a compendium of the more believable rumors about the Jaunt. | |||||
60 | Richard Pine | Healthcare | Doctors | ||
Richard Pine Drug smuggling surgeon that resorts to eating himself to stay alive when the cruise ship Callas sinks and he washes up on an island alone with 2 kilos of heroin. | |||||
61 | The Samuel Claggert Memorial Private Mus... | Entertainment | Museums | ||
The Samuel Claggert Memorial Private Museum Museum featuring 98% blatant junk, home of a Delver mirror. Guided tours on the hour - admission $1.00 Adults, $.50 Children. | |||||
62 | Schenk and McCutcheon Hardware | Retail | Hardware Stores | ||
Schenk and McCutcheon Hardware Uncle Otto and his Yankee partner George McCutcheon's hardware store chain. | |||||
63 | Schenk and McCutcheon Lumber | Retail | Hardware Stores | ||
Schenk and McCutcheon Lumber Uncle Otto and his Yankee partner George McCutcheon's lumber yard chain. | |||||
64 | Shop-and-Save | Retail | Discount Stores | ||
Shop-and-Save Discount store that David's wife Steff mentions, where he may have to go if the power's off in Bridgton. | |||||
65 | Sites' Cider Mill | Food Industries | Farms | ||
Sites' Cider Mill Mill that Mrs. Todd mentions to Homer when telling him about her shortcuts. | |||||
66 | Sloan Library | Entertainment | Libraries | ||
Sloan Library Library that Mrs. Todd worked to raise money for in Castle Rock. | |||||
67 | Sons of Erin Hall | Nightlife | Nightclubs | ||
Sons of Erin Hall Location of small time racketeer Mike Scollay's sister's wedding. | |||||
68 | Sportsman's Exchange | Retail | Sporting Goods Stores | ||
Sportsman's Exchange Sporting goods store that David and Dan Miller discuss, as a potential source for more guns. | |||||
69 | St. Regis Hotel | Travel | Hotels | ||
St. Regis Hotel San Francisco flophouse where Richard Pine was schedule to meet Ronnie Hanelli's skin diver with his 2 kilos of heroin. | |||||
70 | Stackpool's House of Pets | Pets | Pet Stores | ||
Stackpool's House of Pets Pet shop where Victor Carune spent his last twenty dollars on nine white mice. | |||||
71 | Stanton's Bait and Boat | Retail | Sporting Goods Stores | ||
Stanton's Bait and Boat Bait shop on Raccoon Head where you could also get engine oil, flypaper, Italian sandwiches and Budweiser to go. | |||||
72 | Star Theater | Entertainment | Movie Theaters | ||
Star Theater Movie theater bathroom that Charles thinks about, compares to the bathroom at his school. | |||||
73 | Steve's Pizzaville | Dining | Pizza Parlors | ||
Steve's Pizzaville Pizza parlor built in the old Castle Ridge School, the very last of the one-room schools in Castle Rock. | |||||
74 | Stratford Laundry | Maintenance Services | Laundry Services | ||
Stratford Laundry Laundry service in Stratford, Connecticut where George's mother used to work. | |||||
75 | Teddy's | Retail | Drugstores | ||
Teddy's Drug store where Bill and Hal buy popsicles. | |||||
76 | Texaco Oil/Water | Corporations | Fuel Companies | ||
Texaco Oil/Water Following the introduction of Jaunt technology in 1988, by 1998, the price of oil was selling for six dollars a barrel and the oil companies had begun to change their names. | |||||
77 | Tigers | Sports | Baseball Teams | ||
Tigers George's Peewee league baseball league team. | |||||
78 | Underworld Figures [book] | Literature | Novels | ||
Underworld Figures [book] Novel by Reg Thorpe. | |||||
79 | Underworld Figures [film] | Cinema | Movies | ||
Underworld Figures [film] Movie based on the novel by Reg Thorpe. |
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