FOR STUDENT LOSING GRO >>> THIS WEEK OUR "TAR HEEL TRAVELER" FEATURES MOM AND POP BUSINESSES. >> SCOTT MASON AT ROCKY MOUNT AT THE ROLLER RINK. THE . >> Reporter: UNLOCK THE DOOR AND LET THE MEN. IT IS QUITE A CROWD AT SKYVIEW SKATE RINK. TICKETS PLEASE AND LACE UP. LET'S ROLL. LET'S ROLL. GOT THAT MOTION BENEATH THE FEET. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS PLACE? >> THEY HAVE GOOD MUSIC AND I LIKE THE LIGHTS. LIGHTS ABOVE AND BELOW AND AROUND AND AROUND THEY GO. >> I BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN SIX. >> I'VE SKATED HERE WHEN I WAS A CHILD. NOW I HAVE THREE GRANDCHILDREN OUT THERE SKATING TONIGHT. >> SKATING AT SKYVIEW. >> Reporter: IT OPENED IN 1958. >> HE DID NOT REALIZE IT BUT NEXT-DOOR WAS A DRIVE-IN THEATER. THE SKYVIEW DRIVE AND CAME FIRST. MY DAD IS LIKE MAYBE DRIVE-IN THEATERS MIGHT NOT SURVIVE. AFTER HER FOLKS BUILT THE DRIVER AND HER DAD BUILT THE ROLLERSKATING RINK WITHOUT KNOWING HOW TO ROLLER SKATE. WAS A JACK OF ALL TRADES. >> HE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO. >> HE LEARNED TO SKATE AND TALKED SO MANY HOW TO ESCAPE. >> I THINK THEY HAD A BLAST. >> THOSE WERE GOOD TIMES. THE HOKEY POKEY. >> I HAVE ENOUGH TO LINE THE WHOLE ENTRYWAY WITH NOTHING BUT 45 RECORDS. >> YOU GET TO KNOW THE CHILDREN QUITE WELL. >> I HAD A LITTLE YOUNG FELLA THAT HAD CEREBRAL PALSY. WHEN HE WAS ON THE SKATING FLOOR HE WAS IS EQUAL AS ANYONE ELSE ON THAT FLOOR. >> MY PARENTS LAID A GREAT FOUNDATION. >> Reporter: ONE THAT IS STILL EMBRACED. >> WE HAVE THE POWER TO TOUCH PEOPLE'S LIVES. TO BUILD FRIENDSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS THAT LAST A LIFETIME. >> A FAMILY OF RECREATION. >> WE ARE A STEP BACK AND TIME HERE. >> NOT JUST A STEP BUT MORE LIKE A LONG SMOOTH ROLL. >> ARE YOU CARRYING ON YOUR MOM AND DAD'S LEGACY? >> A WHOLE LOT. THEY PASSED IT ON AND WE KEEP GOING.