Sadly, Peter Silverman passed away on Tuesday 29th June 2021.

Peter’s wife and daughter were with him in hospital, holding his hands, when he slipped away peacefully in his sleep.

I’m sorry to have to bring you this sad news, which follows the head-on car crash involving Peter and his wife in January. Peter’s funeral was held in Ruislip on 16th July 2021.

In his retirement and over recent years Peter turned his attention to doing good and making changes to society and improvements to the environment.  He did that first locally with the Ruislip Residents Association and then his own “Hillingdon Watch” campaign where he influenced the local council around our hometown of Ruislip.  He investigated and lobbied for improvements around Ruislip Lido, for rubbish collection and improved litter picking around Ruislip, and it was he who forced TfL into cleaning up the railway embankments of both Ruislip and Ruislip Manor.

With what he learned about the laws surrounding different authorities’ responsibility for litter and rubbish picking, he went on to form this Clean Highways campaign – which occupied so much time in his later years.  He achieved great things and became a leading expert nationally – as this website, and your attention to this post testifies.

Inevitably, thoughts are with Peter’s family including his wife (who is home and recovering from her own injuries from the January crash), daughter, granddaughter and other close relatives.

This post was made on Peter’s family’s behalf by Daniel, a local neighbour and long-time IT assistant behind the scenes of the CleanHighways website.

If you are interested in helping Clean Highways to continue please contact me by email on dro@diniel.com

Daniel O’Neill
30th July 2021
dro@diniel.com