IT WAS fascinating to see within the pages of this organ the other week the reminiscences of former regulars at much missed Hexham “nite-spot” Dontino’s, where I had the honour of being a barman for some months during its 70s hey-day. The venue was run by larger than life character Donalde d’Adamo, a fast-talking extravagantly quiffed entrepreneur who first made his presence felt when he opened his hair salon Donalde of Mayfair in Fore Street in the 1960s. He had trained under the legendary Mr Teasy Weasy Raymond Bessone, and shamelessly aped his flamboyant ways and outrageous styles which were lapped up by the ladies of Tynedale in their hundreds.