Ode to Nel LootsFirst female ice cream vendor on Dam Square
By Monique7 mei 2025

Nel Loots with employee Ronnie, photo from family archive
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Monique's tribute to the first female ice cream vendor on Dam Square, Nel Loots (her mother).
My mother, a young widow, working and always putting me first. The first woman to obtain a license to sell ice cream on Dam Square in 1971.

Nel Loots
First female ice cream vendor on Dam Square, in 1971.
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