Toronto-Carib-Soc-History 1

Honest Eds warranted daily visits versus weekly since the store was on the way home for West Indians who were living mostly in the surrounding west end area. The store was full of West Indians customers on week ends after they visited the other West Indian stores along Bathurst street,. The Honest Eds store was about a two minute walk away from Bathurst subway station which was opposite a long stretch of West Indian business such as Barber Shops, Printers, Beauty Saloons and the Theos record shop, and a host of others.

By the late 60s and early 70s it was a given that the majority of West Indians knew of, or had heard of the store, Honest Eds It was similar to a department store but Honest Eds sold every imaginable item you could have think about for a home and for you. Honest Ed ’ s ’ magnet was it had the lowest prices in town and as such the store was at the top of every West Indian ’ s drop by list, since it was conveniently located at Bathurst and Bloor Street.

There were many friendship cultivated from the Centennial parade of ‘67 and launching of Caribana in 1968 there were many other forms of activities beyond the festivities. There were other opportunities for West Indian in Toronto to get together. As described, there were the workplace, traveling on the TTC, and at the educational institutions. There was also the businesses and shopping places where you could have met another West Indian person.

West Indian stores on Bathurst St. opposite Subway

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