My husband, Andrew Krokou, who has died aged 76 of thyroid cancer, was a teacher and an active local politician in north London. He was the first councillor of Cypriot heritage on Haringey council, elected in 1971.
He was born into the tight-knit Greek Cypriot community of Camden, his parents being among the earliest settlers there. Andrew grew up speaking Greek, and always remembered the shock of going to school at five and having to learn English, sitting next to a cousin who would translate for him.
