Curly Lawrence

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Curly Lawrence, known as LBSC, was one of Britain's most prolific and well known model or scale-steam-locomotive designers. LBSC were the initials of Britain's London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. LBSC, "Curly" to his friends, was born 27 September 1883 and christened William Morris Benjamin later changing his surname to Mathieson when his father changed the family name. After 1902 William changed his name to Lillian Lawrence - why he chose a girl's name is unclear. In 1908 he married Sarah Munt otherwise known as Mabel. Curly loved steam locomotives from the time he was a child and spent several years in the employ of the LBSC Railway, from which he later adopted his pen name.