Poole Cemetery

In 1892 Walter Smith, a Wheelwright from Somerset, founded his own coachbuilding business in Pine Road of Winton. He was occasionally involved with the construction of horse drawn hearses and carriages and following a request to carry out a funeral for a gypsy family which the then local undertakers declined to do, Walter realised that he could supplement his coachbuilding work by delivering a funeral service. By 1896, the business had expanded sufficiently to warrant a move to bigger premises in Wimborne Road of Winton where it has remained to the present day.