Jim Eames

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| name = James Eames

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| birth_name = Eric James Eames

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| known_for = Lord Mayor of Birmingham

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Eric James Eames, MBE (11 April 1917 – 10 April 2010){{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-16435667.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413123002/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-16435667.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2016|title=Quick ones|work=Birmingham Evening Mail|accessdate=24 April 2012}}; (date on archive page is incorrect){{cite web|url=http://www.thetrams.co.uk/midlandmetro/trams/14|title=14 'Jim Eames'|work=TheTrams.co.uk|accessdate=24 April 2012}} was Lord Mayor of Birmingham{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-223891398.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325105938/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-223891398.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-25|title=Mayor's Calm Leadership in Difficult Times|last=Elkes|first=Neil|date=2010-04-15|work=Birmingham Mail|accessdate=24 April 2012 }} for the year 1974–1975. He was also an Honorary Alderman and a magistrate.

File:Tram 14 at Birmingham Snow Hill.JPG AnsaldoBreda T-69 tram 14 at Birmingham Snow Hill]]

A former steam engine driver, Eames represented the city's Small Heath ward on Birmingham City Council from 1949 to 1992, without break. The Birmingham pub bombings of 1974 occurred while he was Lord Mayor and his 'calm leadership' in the aftermath was widely praised. He was made MBE for services to the community.

He was founder President of the Ackers Trust, a Birmingham charity which runs an outdoor activity centre.{{cite web|title=ERIC EAMES: Obituary|url=http://www.bmdsonline.co.uk/3892340|work=Birmingham Mail 21st April 2010|publisher=Trinity Mirror|accessdate=6 August 2012}}

He died the day before his 93rd birthday in 2010. Midland Metro named an AnsaldoBreda T-69 tram in his honour.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101006213841/http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/midland.html Midland Metro] British Trams Online It has since been withdrawn from service, along with the rest of its class, and sold for scrap.