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Picture source: Hania Franek
The Tumble Inn was situated at 16-18 Tumbling Hill Street and changed its name to Gaudi's before finally closing. It was located behind the University but now demolished and the site redeveloped as the Haria Tower. When this pub changed its name from 'The Tumble Inn' to 'Tumblers' two very slender, coloured metal sculptures of acrobats (i.e. tumblers) were added to the outer sandstone wall of the building on the Tumbling Hill Street side.
This pub was at least 150 years old, and was known as the Clarence before becoming the Tumble Inn.
Ian Hemmens (February 2011)
I went to Bradford collage on Smith St just a few yards down the road and back then in 1980 you could get a pint at 16 and no one batted an eye. I can’t remember it been called the Tumbling inn nor the Clarence either.
Andrew Cardwell (February 2022)
I spent a lot of time in The Tumble Inn and Tumblers 85-86. Tumblers was the club above the pub and, if you were in the pub before 10pm, you could gain free admission upstairs. The owner at the time put a lot of energy into sprucing the place up and getting more custom in, introducing the Tumblers name and motif. There was a pool table and a good juke box downstairs. Upstairs the DJ always seemed to play “She Sells Sanctuary” and rounded the evening off with “New York, New York.
Steve Skelton (July 2022)
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Other Photos
Demolition of The Tumble Inn	Picture source: Richard Davis
Site of The Tumble Inn	Picture source: John Yeadon