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I was sharing a room with a legend and I had to undress him and put him to bed. I thought: 'This is the Lions'? - The roar of his two tours still echo down the ages for former Scotland star John Beattie as he reflects on how times have changed
The Lion who once roamed the world has only to lift his head to glimpse his happy hunting ground. 'That's where I learned rugby,' says John Beattie looking out the window of his home on to the training grounds of Glasgow Academy.
This is where the son of a planter, brought up in Borneo and Malaysia, found a place for himself in a changing world.