The 111th meeting of the North of England Branch of the BIR was held at the Bolton Medical Institute, on Saturday, October 18, 1986. The following papers were presented at the meeting.The President of the Institute, Professor R. J. Berry, attended the meeting and encouraged closer links between the Branch and the Institute headquarters. In the course of the day he had occasion to admire the badge of office of the Chairman, which was given to the Branch in 1982 by the then chairman, Dr F. B. Wright.