Sutcliffe Pressings Ltd, Horsforth , near Leeds, Yorkshire , England.

Sutcliffe Pressings is most famous for its toy boats, submarines that have graced paddling and boating ponds for over a century. Powered by clockwork , electric and pop pop they produced a range of boats unmatched by other manufacturers. The clockwork submarines are fantastic to watch , especially if you can take one into a swimming pool and view it from under the water. Finished in lovely thick enamel paints , the majority of the boats and submarines are beautifully made . One drawback to the Sutcliffe boats is that the majority of the 9 inch hulled boats had the motors sealed in the hull , therefore the motors could not easily be lubricated or fixed.