Llandarcy

Llandarcy's proximity to Swansea docks, where crude oil could be transported by sea from the Middle East was incidental.

[3] However, it was also responsible for industrial pollution at nearby Crymlyn Bog, an area designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

[5] The village was named after William Knox D'Arcy, a founding director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (the forerunner of BP).

Consisting of exactly 100 houses and flats, each property was designed to be different, and they are all of stone construction, with a community centre and local shop.

Kappen, who lived in Sandfields, Port Talbot and worked as a doorman, lorry and bus driver, died of lung cancer on 17 June 1990, at the age of 49, and took his secret with him to the grave.

Llandarcy
The former Llandarcy Oil Refinery in 1973