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.